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Effect of Environment on Skin Flashcards

1
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What is toxic epidermal necrolysis?

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→ Detachment of the epidermis that is fatal

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2
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What are environmental insults?

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→ UV light 
→ Physical trauma 
→ Microbes
→ Allergens
→ irritants
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3
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What are fast adaptations of the skin?

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→ Sweating and vasodilation in the heat

→ Vasoconstriction in the cold

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4
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What are two slow adaptations of the skin?

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→ Hyperkeratosis : thickening of the stratum corneum with rubbing or pressure
→ Melanocytes : tanning

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5
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What are AV shunts?

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→ Anastomoses between arterioles and venules

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6
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What do AV shunts respond to?

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→ thermoreceptors in the skin

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7
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What do AV shunts do?

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→ Open and close to increase or decrease blood flow to the superficial vascular plexus in the papillary dermis

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8
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What can AV shunts in the face do?

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→ Respond to emotion

→ blushing

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9
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What happens if AV shunts are shut off for too long?

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→ danger of damage (frostbite)

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10
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What is the color of human skin due to?

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→ Melanin and haemoglobin

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11
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What does melanin do?

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→ protect against DNA damage and skin cancer

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12
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Where do melanosomes get transferred to?

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→ basal keratinocytes

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What happens to melanocytes during tanning?

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→Melanocytes increase activity

→ They make and transmit more melanin

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14
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What 2 things happen to protect against UV?

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→ Tanning

→ Skin thickening (Slowly)

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Describe the process of tanning

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→ UV light shines on keratinocytes and damages the DNA if there isn’t enough melanin
→ MSH gets produced by the keratinocytes
→ MSH binds to its receptor
→ It signals the cAMP pathway
→ More melanin is produced
→ Melanosomes go into the keratinocytes and build up the cap

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16
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What is tanning set off by?

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→ DNA damage

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17
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Where are Langerhans cells found?

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→ In the non basal layers of the skin

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18
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What is the function of Langerhans cells?

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→ Antigen presenting cells

→ form a network in the epidermis

19
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What is lichenification and how does this occur?

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→ more extreme hyperkeratosis

→ Reaction to excessive rubbing or scratching

20
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What are the 3 types of UV rays?

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→ UVA and UVB (hit earth)

→ UVC (stopped by ozone)

21
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What type of burn is sunburn?

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→ A radiation burn

22
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What happens during sunburn?

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→ Blisters
→ Inflammation
→ Cell death

23
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What is sunburn associated with?

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→ Risk of cancer

24
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What is a polymorphic light eruption?

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→ Being allergic to sunlight

→ Rash when out in the sun

25
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What are naevi?

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→ a benign proliferation of melanocytes

26
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What do many naevi mean?

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→ Risk factor for melanoma, skin cancer

27
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What are freckles linked to?

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→ Red/fair hair

→ MC1R gene variants

28
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What are solar lentigos?

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→ Liver/Age spots

29
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What are solar keratoses?

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→ Dysplastic growth of keratinocytes

30
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What cells does melanoma affect?

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→ melanocytes

31
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What cells does non-melanoma affect?

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→ keratinocytes

32
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What are the two types of non-melanoma cancers?

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→ Squamous cell carcinoma

→ Basal cell carcinoma

33
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What are the characteristics of basal cell carcinoma?

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→ It doesn’t spread easily

→ Often curable by surgery

34
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What is UV needed for?

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→ Vitamin D3 production in the skin

35
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What are the three types of burn?

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→ Superficial
→ Partial thickness
→ Full thickness

36
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When does irritant contact dermatitis occur?

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→ Too much exposure to a substance

37
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What are the symptoms of irritant contact dermatitis?

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→ Redness, itching, swelling, blistering

38
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What is allergic contact dermatitis?

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→ Allergy to something that contacts the skin

→ Small amount is sufficient

39
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What are the steps to allergic contact dermatitis?

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→ Sensitisation first : Langerhans cells process antigen and present it to the lymphocytes
→ Delayed hypersensitivity occurs at the next exposure

40
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What is paronychia?

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→ Nail fold infection

→ Can be fungal or bacterial

41
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What is tinea capitis?

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→ Scalp ringworm

42
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What is impetigo?

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→ an injury getting infected

43
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Where can microbes enter?

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→ In a breach in the epidermis

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