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Integumentary Flashcards

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Skin Function: Protection: UV Radiation

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Melanocytes make us tan & help protect us from damage by sun

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Skin functions: Protection: bacteria

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If skin is unbroken, it keeps out our bacteria by secreting anti bacterial agents which keep bacteria out

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Skin Functions: Protection: Mechanical

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Cushions blows, alerts nervous system to pain. If it is unbroken, it inhibits bacteria from penetrating body

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Skin functions: protection: chemical

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Has relatively impermeable cells, contain pain receptors that alert the nervous system to possible damage

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Skin functions

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Protection
Vitamin D
Temperature Regulation
Excretion

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Temperature regulation

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Swearing keeps us cool and capillaries in the skin can allow blood to flush to release heat (blushing) or restrict blood flow to keep us warm
Vaso constriction: keeps heat in
Vaso dilation: keeps us cool
Goosebumps

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Vaso constriction

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Keeps heat in

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Vase dilation

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Keeps us cool

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Excretion

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Sweating releases urea

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Vitamin D production

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In the skin, cholesterol is converted to vitamin D

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Epidermis

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Stratified squamous epithelium
Often keratinized (hardened by keratin)
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Dermis

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Dense connective tissue

Contains almost all appendages

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Subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) deep to the dermis

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Not part of the skin
Anchors skin to underlying organs
Composed mostly of adipose tissue

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Epidermis layers deep to artificial

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Stratum basale
              Spinosum
              Granulosum
              Lucidum
              Corneum
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Stratum basale

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Deepest layer of epidermis
Lies next to dermis
Cells undergoing mitosis
Daughter cells are pushed upward to become the more superficial layers

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Stratum lucidum

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Occurs only in thick, hairless skin of the palms and soles of feet

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Stratum corneum

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Outermost layer of epidermis

Shingle like dead cells are filled with keratin (protective protein prevents water loss from skin)

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Two layers of the dermis

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Papillary (upper layer)

Reticular (deepest skin layer)

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Normal skin color determinants ***

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Melanin: yellow brown or black pigments (darkness)
Carotene: orange/yellow pigment from some vegetables
Hemoglobin: red from blood cells in dermal

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Skin appendages are found in

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the dermis

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Sebaceous glands

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Most have ducts that empty into hair follicles while others open directly onto skin surface
Glands are activated at puberty
Produce oil

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Arrector pili muscle

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Smooth muscle

Pulls hair upright when cold or frightened (goosebumps)

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First degree burns

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Only epidermis is damaged

Skin is red and swollen

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Second degree burns

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Epidermis and upper dermis are damaged

Skin is red with blisters

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Third degree

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Destroys entire skin layer

Burn is gray-white or black

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Malignant melanoma ***

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Most deadly skin cancer

Cancer of melanocytes

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ABCD rule ***

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A: Asymmetry: two sides of mole do not match
B: Border Irregularity: not smooth edges
C: Color: different colors in pigmented area
D: Diameter: spot is larger than 6 mm in diameter

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Skin Barriers: Physical ***

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Hardness (keratin)

Melanin (natural sun block)

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Skin barriers: chemical ***

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Secretes oil (sebum controls bacteria)

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Skin barriers: biological ***

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Immune system
Blood storage
Vitamin D production

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What is sebum

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Mixture of oily substances (oil)

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What is the sebaceous gland

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Oil gland found in the dermis

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What is the sudoriforeous gland (eccrine)

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Sweat gland found that produces perspiration

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What is keratin

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Protective protein that has waterproof properties, hardening protein

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Melanin

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Skin color, natural sun block

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Describe two ways skin controls body temp

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Sweating; it evaporates and cools air

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Goosebumps

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Arrector pili muscle pull on hair follicle-hair stands up hairs trap warm air against the skin

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1 characteristic of epidermis and dermis

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Epidermis: superficial and epithelium
Dermis: deep connective

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Epidermis is

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Avascular

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Dermis is

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Vascular

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