chapter 5 Integumentary System Flashcards
Integument
Skin
Skin accessory organs (3)
Hair
Nails
Glands
Functions of skin (3)
Temperature
Secretions
Sensation
Structure of skin (7)
Epidermis Dermis Subcutaneous tissue Accessory organs Glands Hair Nails
Epidermis
Outer layer
Different thickness ( palms feet)
Several sub layers called strata
Stratum corneum (superficial layer Basal layer (deepest)
Xen
Foreign
Strange
Squam
Scale
Axillae
Armpit
Scler
Hardening
Sclera - white of eye
Primary skin lesions (2)
1st reaction to chance (pathologically altered)
Flat or elevated
Secondary skin lesions
Infection
Scratching
Trauma
Stages of disease
1st degree burns
Top layer
Not as serious
( usually no blisters)
Second degree burn
Damage epidermis & dermis
Blisters
Little or no scarring
Third degree burn
Epidermis , dermis subcutaneous, connective tissue, maybe bones
Skin grafting
Neoplasm
Abnormal grow tissues
Benign
Noncancerous
Malignant
Cancer
Metastasis
When cancer spreads from one area of body to another
Immunotherapy
Aka biotherapy
Stimulate body’s own natural defence to fight Tumour cells
Combined modality treatment
When various cancer treatments are combined to treat
Anaplasia
Loss of cellular differentiation and function
How different the cells are from its normal cellular shape.
Carcinoma
Cancer Tumor
Tnm
Tumor-node-metastasis
T - size, invasiveness
N - area
M- invasiveness ( metastasis)