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Integumentary Flashcards

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Purpose of sebaceous gland

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Sweat gland; lubrication and inhibition of bacteria growth

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Purpose of sudoriferous gland

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Temperature control

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Four senses of the skin

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Touch, pressure, temperature, and pain

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How does the skin cool the body down?

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When the blood vessels in the skin dilate, it releases heat and when it constricts it holds heat

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5
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What does the sebaceous gland secrete?

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Salt
Excess water
Waste through sweat

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Layers of the skin

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Epidermal layer
Dermal layer
Subcutaneous layer

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7
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Which skin layer cushions and controls the temperature?

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Subcutaneous layer

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Where are the glands located?

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In the dermis

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9
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Eccrine glands

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Sudoriferous glands located all over the body

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Appocrine glands

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Sudoriferous glands located in axilla and genitals

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Keratin

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Dead protein that makes up hair

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Root

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Special cells at base of hair

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Follicle

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Sac that holds hair

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Arrector pili

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Involuntary muscle attached to that caused goose bumps when contracted

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15
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Nails

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Keratin plate that covers dorsal surface of philanges

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16
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Melanin

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Brownish black pigment

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Carotene

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Yellowish pigment

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18
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Albino

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Absence of pigmentation, due to the melanocytes being able to produce

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19
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Erythema

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Reddish color of skin

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Jaundice

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Yellowish discoloration of skin due to bile in bloodstream

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Cyanosis

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Bluish discoloration of skin due to the lack of oxygen

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Macules

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Flat spots on skin

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Biopsy

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Removal of part of affected skin for testing

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24
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Types of biopsy

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Needle and punch

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25
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Excision

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Cut out surgically

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26
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Exfoliative cytology

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Alternative to biopsy

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27
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Parts of fingernail

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Paronychium
Lunula
Eponychium
Hyponychium
Nail bed
Nail matrix
Nail root
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Adipo

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Fat

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Auto

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Self

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30
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Cero

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Wax

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31
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Chromo

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Color

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Cryo

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Cold

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Cyto

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Cell

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34
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Cutaneo

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Skin

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Dermo

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Skin

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36
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Diaphro

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Sweat

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Hidro

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Sweat

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38
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Histo

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Tissue

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39
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Icthyo

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Fish

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40
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Kerato

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Cornea

Horny tissue

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41
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Lipo

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Fat

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42
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Myco

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Fungus

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Necro

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Death

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Onchyo

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Nail

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Papulo

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Pimple

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Patho

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Disease

47
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Pilo

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Hair

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Pyo

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Pus

49
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Rhytido

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Wrinkle

50
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Sclero

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Hardening

51
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Sebo

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Oil

52
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Squamo

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Epidermal scale

53
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Sudor

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Sweat

54
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Tricho

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Hair

55
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Unguo

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Nail

56
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Vesiculo

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Vessel

57
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Xero

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Dry skin

58
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Structures of the integumentary system

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Skin
Hair
Nails
Glands(Sudoriferous and Sebaceous)

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Callus

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Hard, thick layer of skin due to pressure or friction

60
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Onchomycosis

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Fungal infection of the nail

61
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Dermatophytosis

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Ring worm; superficial fungus infection

62
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Herpes zoster

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Shingles; reactivation of the varicella virus

63
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Melanoma

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Most serious types of skin cancer affecting the melanocytes

64
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Verrucae

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Painful, contagious wart in the sole of the foot; plantar wart

65
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Carbuncle

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Infection of the hair follicle

66
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Pediculosis

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Head lice

67
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Decubitus Ulcer

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Open wound on the skin, occurs in boney areas; bed sore

68
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Vitiligo

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Pigment loss in patches on the skin, appears whitish in color

69
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Alopecia

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Hair loss

70
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Impetigo

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Contagious pyoderma (yellow crust) from staph areus

71
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Burn

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Injury to skin caused by contact with thermal, radioactive, chemical or electrical agent

72
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Lupus

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Autoimmune disease

73
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Necrotizing fasciitis

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“Flesh eating disease” when there’s inflammation of the faciae and as a result, there’s rapid death in the tissue of surrounding organs

74
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Acne

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Hair follicles plug with oil

75
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Contusion

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Bruise; hemorrhage of unbroken skin

76
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Xeroderma

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Extremely dry, hard, and scaly skin

77
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Pacyderma/Elephantiasis

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Thick skin

78
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Abrasion

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Area of the skin damaged by scraping or friction

79
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Psoriasis

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Dry patches of skin (chronic condition)

80
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Hemangioma

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Reddish purple tumor compose of a mass of blood vessels

81
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Keloid

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Irregular fibrous formed at the sight of scar/injury

82
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Furuncle/boil

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Localized pyogenic infection originating deep in a hair follicle

83
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Hirsutism

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Excessive body hair typical in women

84
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Roscea

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Hyper pigmentation occur in in forehead and temple

85
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Rhinophyma

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Large, bulbous, ruddy nose commonly caused by untreated roscea

86
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Seborrhea

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Excessive sebum secretion

87
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Varicella

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Chicken pox; itchy rash on skin identified by fever and eruption of red blisters

88
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Verrucae

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Painful, contagious wart on the sole of the foot; plantar wart

89
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Chloasma

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Brown patches on the skin

90
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Second-degree burn

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Burn that is characterized by pain, blisters, edema, and slow recovery

91
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List of epidermal layer from deep to superficial:

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Stratum basale, stratum granulosum, and stratum corneum

92
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Purpose of melanin

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Protection from UV rays

93
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Three factors affecting skin color

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Genetics, environment, and physiology

94
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Stratum lucidum

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A clear layer located in the palms and soles of the feet

95
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Hyperplasia

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Excessive cell growth

96
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Atopy

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Genetically determined

97
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Why is the skin considered an organ?

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It is composed of two or more types of tissue

98
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Stratum corneum

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Skin’s outermost layer that’s completely keratinized

99
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Exudative

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Leaking out the skin

100
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Actinic keratosis

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Premalignant warty lesion on the skin that results from chronic exposure to sunlight, a sebaceous gland

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Calvus

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“Corn” on the feet

102
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Pruritus

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Itching

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Crusts

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Hard covering on the skin that result when exudate dries on the skin

104
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Onychia

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Inflammation of the bail matrix

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Lipoma

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Fatty benign tumor

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Autoimmune disorder

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Make immune system attack the body

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