Integumentary Flashcards

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epithelial membrane

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includes the cutaneous membrane, the muccous membrane, and the serous membrane

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cutaneous membrane

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skin

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mucous membrane

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

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serous membrane

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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 fluid

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seperates the serous layers

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.peritoneum

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serosa lining the abdominal cavity and covering its organs

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pleura

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surrounds the lungs

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pericardium

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is around the heart

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synovial membrane

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composed of soft areolar connective tissue and contain no epithelial cells at all

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skin

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cutaneous membrane

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integument

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covering

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keratin

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hardened in order to prevent water loss from the body surface

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epidermis

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made up of stratified squamous epithelium that is capable of keratinizing or becoming hard and tough

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dermis

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made up of dense connective tissue

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stratum basale

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deepest cell layer in the epidermis

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stratum spinosum

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move from the dermis and become part of the superficial layers the

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stratum granulosum

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then become this

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stratum lucidum

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they become flatter and then finially die forming the clear

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stratum corneum

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20-30 cell layers thick

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melanin

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pigment that ranges in color from yellow to brown to black

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sebaceous glands

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found all over the skin except the palms of your hand and the soles of the feet

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sebum

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mixture of oily substances and fragmented cells

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eccrine glands

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far more numerous and found all over the body

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apocrine glands

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largely confined to the axillary and gential areas of the body

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hair follicles

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compund structures

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arrector pili

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connect each side of the hair follicle to the dermal tissue

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athlete’s foot

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an itchy red peeling condition of the skin between the toes resulting from fungus infection

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.boils and carbuncles

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inflation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands common on the dorsal neck

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cold sores

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small fluid filled blisters that itch and sting caused by herpes simplex infection

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contact dermatitis

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itching swelling and redness to the skin progressing to blistering

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impetigo

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pink, waterfilled, rasied lesions that develop a yellow crust and eventually ruptared

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psoriasis

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chronic conditioned characterized by overproduction of skin cells that results in reddened epidermal lesions covered with dry silvery scales

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Basal cell carcinoma

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least malignant and most common skin cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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arisies from the cells of the stratum spinosum

35
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Malignant melanoma

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cancer of melanocytes