Integumentary System Flashcards

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Covering and lining membranes, including the skin and mucous membranes.

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Epithelial Membrane

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Your skin.

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Cutaneous Membrane

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Lines all body cavities that open to the exterior.

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Mucous Membrane

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Lines body cavities that are closed to the exterior, except for the dorsal and joint cavities.

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Serous Membrane

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5
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Separates the serous layers.

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Serous Fluid

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The lining of the abdominal cavity and covers its organs.

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Peritoneum

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7
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Membrane that surrounds the lungs.

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Pleura

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8
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Membrane that surrounds the heart.

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Pericardium

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9
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Line the fibrous capsules surrounding joints, help cushion movement during muscle activity.

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Synovial Membrane

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10
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Protects the interior of the body from exterior bacteria, repairs itself, etc.

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Skin

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Another word for the skin. Keeps good things in and bad things out.

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Integument

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12
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Skin is full of this, prevents water loss from the body.

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Keratin

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The outermost layer of the skin, full of keratin so it can harden and prevent water loss and protect against cuts, etc.

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Epidermis

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Made up of dense connective tissue that connects it to the epidermis.

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Dermis

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15
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The deepest layer of the epidermis, cells divide her constantly, receives the most nutrients.

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Stratum Basale

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16
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The fourth layer of the epidermis.

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Stratum Spinosum

17
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The third layer of the epidermis. Last layer skin cells go before they die and form the stratum lucidum.

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Stratum Granulosum

18
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Dead skin cells form this layer.

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Stratum Lucidum

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Dead skin cells that are full of keratin. Outermost layer of the skin. AKA horny cells.

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Stratum Corneum

20
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Pigment that colors the skin.

21
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Oil glands.

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Sebaceous Glands

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The oil that the Sebaceous Glands secrete.

23
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Produce sweat.

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Eccrine Glands

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Found in the genital areas of the body. Secretes fatty acids and proteins into hair follicles.

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Apocrine Glands

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Compound structures that make up the hair of the body.
Hair Follicles
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Connects each side of the hair follicle to the dermal tissue.
Arrector Pili
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An itchy, red, peeling condition of the skin between the toes, resulting from fungus infection.
Athlete's Foot
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Inflammation of hair follicles typically on the dorsal neck. They are composite boils caused by bacterial infection.
Boils and Carbuncles
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Inflammation of hair follicles typically on the dorsal neck. They are composite boils caused by bacterial infection.
Boils and Carbuncles
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Small fluid-filled blisters that itch and sting, caused by a herpes simplex infection. Usually around the lips and in the mouth.
Cold Sores
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Itching, redness, and swelling of the skin that eventually leads to blistering. Caused by the exposure of the skin to chemicals that cause an allergic reaction such as poison ivy.
Contact Dermatitis
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Pink, water-filled, raised lesions typically forming around the mouth in nose, that eventually rupture. Caused by staph infection.
Impetigo
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Over-production of skin cells resulting in red epidermal lesions covered with dry, silvery scales. It is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues.
Psoriasis
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Most common skin cancer. Skin can no longer produce keratin and the epidermis and dermis become separate.
Basal Cell Carcinoma
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Another type of skin cancer caused by over sun-exposure.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Most rare type of skin cancer. Typically form where there are moles in the skin. It arises from accumulated DNA damage in a skin cell. Survival rate is 50%.
Malignant Melanoma