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Inegumentary System Test Flashcards

1
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Structures of the integumentary system

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  • skin
  • hair
  • nails
  • glands
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Functions of the integumentary system

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  • protection
  • thermoregulation
  • sensory perception
  • regulates water loss
  • chemical synthesis
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4 types of membranes

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  • serous
  • mucous
  • synovial
  • cutaneous
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Serous membranes

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Line body cavities

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Mucous membranes

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Line cavities and tubes that open to the outside

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Synovial membrane

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Line joints

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Cutaneous membrane

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Skin

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Where is thin skin found

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All of the body except palms of hands and soles of feet

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9
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Where is thick skin found

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Palms of hands and soles of feet

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10
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Thin skin doesn’t have stratum ______

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Lucidum

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11
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Types of cells in the skin

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  • keratinocytes
  • melanocytes
  • langerhans cells
  • merkel cells
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Keratinocytes

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Protect and waterproof cells

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Melanocytes

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Skin color and absorb UV light

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14
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Langerhans cells

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Participate in immune response

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15
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Merkel cells

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Give sensation of touch

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16
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Layers of the epidermis

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  • corneum
  • lucidum
  • granulosum
  • spinosum
  • basale
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17
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Function of stratum corneum

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Serves as water, microbe, and injury barrier

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18
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Cells is stratum granulosum are

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Beginning cell apoptosis (death)

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19
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Stratum granulosum function

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Secret lipids that act as a water sealant

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20
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Stratum spinosum function

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Provide strength and flexibility

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21
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Stratum basale function

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Where new cells are formed

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22
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Regions of the dermis

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  • papillary

* reticular

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23
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Cyanotic

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Blue skin cause by a depletion of oxygen

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Jaundice

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Yellow skin caused by liver failure

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25
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Erythema

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Red skin caused by engorgement of capillaries

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26
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Pallor

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Paleness

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27
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Types of skin pigments

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  • melanin
  • carotene
  • hemoglobin
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28
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Effect of UV light on skin

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  • increased melanin production

* prolonged exposure can cause skin cancer

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29
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Friction ridges

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Markings on fingertips that allow us to manipulate objects more easily

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30
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Flexion lines

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Lines where skin is flexed, skin is tightly bound to deep fascia here

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31
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Freckles

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Flat Melanie’s patches caused my genetics or sun exposure

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Moles

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Elevated patch of melanin

33
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What happens as skin ages (7)

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  • stem cell activity declines
  • reduced immune response
  • vitamin D3 production declines
  • gland activity decreases
  • wrinkles form
  • underlying fat disappears
  • sagging
34
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Meissners’s corpuscles

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Sense light touch

35
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Paccinian corpuscles

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Sense pressure and vibration (heavy touch)

36
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What type of skin receptors are the most numerous

37
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Cold receptors start to perceive cold at

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Hot receptors start to perceive hot sensations at

39
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Shaft of the hair

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Portion above the skins surface

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Root of the hair

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Portion of hair bellow the skin

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3 layers of the hair

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  • cuticle
  • cortex
  • medulla
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Bulb

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Part of hair follicle that contains blood vessels to nourish hair and the pappilla

43
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Hair matrix

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Responsible for providing new hair cells

44
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Arrector pili muscle

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Pulls hair to make is stand up on end

45
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Root hair plexus

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Sense when hair moves

46
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Growth gases of hair

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  • anagen: growth
  • catagen: transition
  • telogen: rest
47
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Function of hair

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  • protect scalp
  • eyelashes and eyebrows protect eyes
  • nostril and ear hair protect from foreign particles
48
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Hair color is caused by

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The amount and type of melanin

49
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Sudoiferous glands

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Sweat glands

50
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Eccrine sweat glands

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Secretes cooling sweat

51
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Apocrine sweat gland

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  • stimulated during emotional excitement/stress

* “cold sweat”

52
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Sebaceous glands

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Oil glands

53
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Ceruminous glands

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Modified sweat glands that produce earwax

54
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Nail body

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Portion of nail that is visible

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Free edge of nail

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Part that extends past the end of the finger

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Nail root

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Portion buried in the fold of the skin

57
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Lunula

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Lighter area of nail

58
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Hyponychium

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Secures nail to finger tip

59
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Eponychium

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•cuticle

60
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Function of nails

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  • grasping objects
  • manipulating objects
  • protects ends of fingers
  • scratching
61
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Lesion

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Any measurable difference from normal skin structure

62
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Types of lesions

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  • elevated
  • flat
  • depressed
63
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Types of infections

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  • viral
  • warts
  • fungal
  • bacterial
64
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Contact dermatitis

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Condition where the skin become red, sore, or inflamed after direct contact with a substance

65
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Types of contact dermatitis

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  • irritant

* allergic

66
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Psoriasis

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Non infectious skin disease in which the stratum corneum thickens as dead cells accumulate

67
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Vitiligo

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Autoimmune disorder where melanocytes are destroyed

68
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1st degree burns

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•surface layer of skin is shed

69
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2nd degree burns

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Blisters form

70
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3rd degree burn

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•full thickness of skin is destroyed

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4th degree burn

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Additional injury to deeper tissue such as muscle and bone

72
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Rule of 9’s

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  • head, arm: 9% each
  • front of torso, back or torso, each leg: 18% each
  • groin: 1%
73
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Skin cancer can be caused by

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Excessive exposure to Uv radiation, x-rays, radiation, and chemical/physical trauma

74
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Basal cell carcinoma

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  • Least malignant

* most common 78%

75
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Squamous cell carcinoma

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  • in stratum spinosum
  • 20%
  • good chance of recovery if found early
76
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Malignant melanoma

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  • cancer of melanocytes
  • 1%
  • deadly

Human A+P (18 decks)

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