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Integumentary System Flashcards

1
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Consists of the skin and its accesory structures

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Integumentary System

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What makes the integumentary system?

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Hair
Nail
Glands

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3
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System that covers the outside of the body

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Integumentary System

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Means covering

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Integument

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5
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Protects underlying structures against abrasion

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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6
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Absorbs UV light and protects underlying structures

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Melanin

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7
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It acts as heat insulator

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Hair

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8
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Keep sweat out of the eyes

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Eyebrow

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9
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Protect the eyes from foreign subjects

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Eyelashes

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10
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An important regulator of calcium homeostasis

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Vitamin D

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11
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Essentials for bone growth and muscle function

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Calcium and phosphate

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12
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What is normal body temperature?

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37 ° Celsius

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13
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Removal of waste products of the body

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Excretion

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14
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3 types of heat loss

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Radiation
Convection
Conduction

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15
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Heat is loss through infrared energy

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Radiation

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16
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Through air movement

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Convection

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17
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Through direct contact with an object

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Conduction

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18
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Skin is made up of two tissue layers:

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Epidermis
Dermis

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19
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Usually referred to as thin skin

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Skin

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20
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Found only on the palms of the hands and soles of feet

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Thick skin

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21
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The most superficial layer of the skin

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Epidermis

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22
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It is made up of stratified squamous epithelium

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Epidermis

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23
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It prevents water loss and resists abrasions

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Epidermis

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24
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Distinct layer of epidermis

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Strata

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25
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What are the five epidermal strata?

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Stratum basal
Stratum spinosum
Startum granulosum
Stratum lucidum
Stratum corneum

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26
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Deepest layer of epidermal strata or stratum

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Stratum basal or Strstum Germinativum

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27
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Stratum basale is also called or known as

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Stratum germinativum

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28
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Germinativum means

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Growth

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29
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Undergo mitotic division every 19 days

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Stratum basale

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30
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Spiny appearance composed of 8-10 layers of keratinocytes

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Stratum spinosum

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31
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Stratum that has grainy appearance; generate large amounts of keratin

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Stratum granulosum

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32
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A translucent strata/layer

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Stratum Lucidum

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33
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Can only be found on thick palms, sole and digits

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Stratum lucidum

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34
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Outermost layer of epidermis

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Stratum corneum

35
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Mechanical link that bind cells together

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Desmosomes

36
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Excessive loughing of corneum from the surface of the scalp

37
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Thickened area produced when the skin is subjected to friction

38
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Excessive sloughing of corneum

39
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Results to increased layers of stratum corneum

40
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a CONE SHAPED STRUCTURE caused by thickening of the stratum corneum

41
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New cells is pushing old cells to the surface

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Keratinization

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The second major skin region

43
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Composed of dense collagenous connective tissue

44
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Supplies nutrients and removes waste products to the overlying epidermis

45
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Areas where skin is most resistant to stretching; orientation of collagen fibers

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Cleavage line

46
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Visible line through the epidermis that result overstretched skin;

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Stretch marks

47
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Usually common when a person increases in size quite rapidly

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Stretch marks

48
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Thin connective tissue layer that contains blood vessels

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Papillary layer

49
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Finger like projections in the upper part of dermis which extend toward the epidermis

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Dermal Papillae

50
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Arranged pattern that form looped ridges in the epidermal surface ; it is the fingerprints and footprints

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Dermal Papillae

51
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Identifying films of sweat, formed by the ridges of the fingertip

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Fingerprints

52
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Responsible for production of melanin

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Melanocytes

53
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The group of pigments responsible for skin, hair, and eye color.

54
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Provides protection from the UV lights

55
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Responsible for the amount of melanocytes produced in different races

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Genetic factors

56
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Genetic trait that causes a deficiency or absense of melanin

57
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The skin reacting to UV exposure

58
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Packed melanin

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Melanosomes

59
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Attaches skin to the underlying bone and muscle

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Hypodermis or subcutaneous tissue

60
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Below the dermis

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Hypodermis or subcutaneous tissue

61
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Found everywhere in the skin

62
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Flexible strands of keratinized cells; above the surface of the skin

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Hair shaft

63
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Protudes below the surface

64
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Base of hair root; where the hair is produced

65
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Epidermis that extends deep into the dermis

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Hair follicle

66
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A hard covering hair that is surrounded by cuticle

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Hair cortex

67
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A soft center that is surrounded by the cortex

68
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An extension of the dermis that protrudes into the hair bulb; the blood vessels within the supply the haiir bulb

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Har papilla

69
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Two major glands in hair

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Sebacious and sweat glands

70
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Simple, branched acinar glands

71
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Two types of sweaf glands

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Eccrine and apocrine

72
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A thin plate with layers of dead stratum corneum with a very hard type of keratin

73
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The visible part of the nail

74
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The covered part by the skin

75
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A stratum corneum that extends on the nail body

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Cuticle or epynychium

76
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A whitish, crescent shaped area of the base of the naill

77
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Caused by increased blood flowing through the skin

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Blushing / redness

78
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Decreased blood flowing

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Paless or pallor

79
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A bluish color of skin caused by decrease in the blood oxygen

80
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A yellowish discoloration of the skin

81
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A yellow pigment found in the plants like squash amd carrot

82
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A darkened skin pigmentation usually caused by stimulant effecfs of excess ACTH

83
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A blue to purple discoloration caused by broken blood vessels

84
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An injury tissue caused by heat, cold, friction, chemicals, electricity, or radiation

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