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Integumentary Flashcards

1
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These membranes cover surfaces, line body cavities, and form protective sheets around organs

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Body Membranes

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Covering and lining membranes

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Epithelial Membranes

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The skin

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Cutaneous Membrane

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Composed of epithelium resting on a loose connective tissue membrane called a lamina propria

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Mucous Membranes

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Composed of a layer of simple squamous epithelium resting on a thin layer of areolar connective tissue

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Serous Membranes

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A thin, clear fluid that is on serous layers

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Serous Fluid

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Serosa lining the abdominal cavity and covering its organs is the

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Peritoneum

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8
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The serous membrane that surrounds the lungs

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pleura

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9
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The Serous membrane that surrounds the heart

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pericardium

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Composed of soft areolar connective tissue and contain no epithelial cells at all, line the fibrous capsules surrounding joints

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Synovial Membranes

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11
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Other name for the cutaneous membrane

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Skin

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Simply means covering, skin

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Integument

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13
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A tough insoluble protein found in tissues like hair nails and the epidermis of the skin

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Keratin

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14
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Outer layer of skin

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Epidermis

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Made up of dense connective tissue, under the epidermis

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Dermis

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Deep to the Dermis, ‘hypodermis’

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Subcutaneous Tissue

17
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Deepest cell layer of the epidermis

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Stratum Basale

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2nd Deepest layer of the epidermis

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Stratum Spinosum

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Middle layer of the epidermis

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Stratus Granulosum

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2nd Highest to the surface of the epidermis

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Stratum Lucidum

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Uppermost layer of the epidermis

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Stratum Corneum

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A pigment that ranges in color from yellow to brown to black, responsible for skin color

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Melanin

23
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Upper dermal region

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Papillary Layer

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Finger-like projections that stem from the papillary layer

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Dermal Papillae

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Deepest Skin Layer

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Reticular Layer

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Cutaneous glands, form two groups, sweat glands and sebaceous glands

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Exocrine Glands

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Oil Glands

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Sebaceous Glands

28
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Product of the sebaceous glands

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Sebum

29
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The glands that produce sweat

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Eccrine Glands

30
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Confined to the axillary and genital areas of the body

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Apocrine Glands

31
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A flexible epithelial structure

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Hair Follicle

32
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Connect each side of a hair follicle to the dermal tissue

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Arrector Pili

33
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An itchy, red, peeling condition of the skin between the toes, resulting from fungus infection. Known as tinea pedis

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Athlete’s Foot

34
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Inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands, common on the dorsal neck. _____ are composite ____ typically caused by bacterial infection

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Boils and Carbuncles

35
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Small fluid-filled blisters that itch and sting, caused by a herpes simplex infection. The virus localizes in a cutaneous nerve, where it remains dormant until activated by emotional upset, fever, or UV radiation. ____ ____ usually occur around the lips and in the oral mucosa of the mouth

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Cold Sores

36
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Itching, redness and swelling of the skin, progressing to blistering. Caused by exposure of the skin to chemicals that provoke allergic responses in sensitive individuals

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Contact Dermititus

37
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Pink, water-filled raised lesions that develop a yellow crust and eventually rupture. Caused by a highly contagious staphylococcus infection; common in elementary school-aged children

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Impetigo

38
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A chronic condition, characterized by overproduction of skin cells that results in reddened epidermal lesions covered with dry, silvery scales.

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Psoriasis

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