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Integumentary System Flashcards

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Eccrine Sweat Glands

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  • simple, coiled, tubular gland
  • abundant on palms, foreheads, soles of feet
  • connect to pores
  • NOT SMELLY (99% water)
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Follicle

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  • tube-like pocket in skin and scalp
  • contains the hair root
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Medulla

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  • inner most layer of hair
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Hair bulb

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  • fat end of hair
  • the lowest part of the hair root
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Hyponychium

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the skin between the free edge and fingertip

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Functions of Integumentary System

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Protection, sensation, excretion, temperature regulation, vitamin D production

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Parts of System

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Nails, Skin, Hair, Glands

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Keratinocytes

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  • most abundant epidermal cells
  • produce keratin (protects skin)
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Melanocytes

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  • cells that produce melanin (skin pigment)
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Langerhans cells

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  • epidermal macrophages that activate the immune system
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Merkel cells

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  • light touch receptors
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Eumelanin

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  • brownish-black pigment

mnemonic:
EW-melanin

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Melanin

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  • pigment of skin
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Pheomelanin

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  • reddish-yellow pigment

mnemonic:
THEOmelanin (ginger-red)

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Keratin

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  • hard protein in epidermis, hair, and nails
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Stratum Corneum

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  • outer layer of epidermis
  • consists of flattened keratinocytes
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Stratum Lucidum

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  • translucent
  • found in soles of feet and palms (thick skin only)

mnemonic:
transLUCent
LUCidum

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Stratum Granulosum

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  • thick layer
  • transition between active cells and dead cells
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Stratum Spinosum

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  • gives flexibility and strength to the skin
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Stratum Basale

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  • rapid cell division occurs here

mnemonic:
BASE-ale (bottom)

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Epidermis

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Outermost layer of skin
- avascular

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Dermis

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Thickest (middle) layer of skin
- vascular
- where tattoos are put in
- papillary layer that makes thumb prints

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Hypodermis

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  • subcutaneous layer
  • vascular
  • made up of adipose and areolar tissue
  • connects skin to muscle
  • elastic
  • atrophies with age
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Meissner’s corpuscles

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  • light touch receptors (in some parts)
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Functions of the dermis

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contains sensory receptors, stabilizes provides blood supply to the epidermis

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free nerve endings (nociceptors)

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  • respond to pain and extreme temperatures
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CIPA

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Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis

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Krause end bulbs

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thermoreceptor for cold temperature

mnemonic:
Santa KRAUS (cold)

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Pacinian corpuscles

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deep pressure and vibration receptors

mnemonic:
Pacinian
Pressure

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Ruffini endings

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respond to stretch

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Merkel cells (disks)

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nerve fibers close to the epidermis that sense touch and pressure

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apocrine sweat glands

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produce smelly sweat in the darker places of the body

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basis of skin color

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result of the interaction between epidermal pigmentation and dermal circulation

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Carotenemia

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condition where excess beta-carotene turns the skin yellow

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Signs of Melanoma

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A symmetry
B order irregularity
C olor change
D iameter change of moles

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Arrector Pili Muscle

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involuntary muscle fiber
- cause goosebumps

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functions of hair

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protects, insulates, sensitive to light touch

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hair shaft

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portion of hair above the surface

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hair root

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portion of hair below the surface

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hair papilla

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dermal tissue that is connected to capillaries that supply nutrients to the hair root

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Anagen phase of hair growth

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active growth that can last 2-7 years

mnemonic:
A nagen
A ctive

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Catagen phase of hair growth

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hair stops growing and dies. easy to pull out

mnemonic:
Cats, death, gross

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Telogen phase of hair growth

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hair reaches maximum length and reaches resting phase

mnemonic:
Do the chickens have large talons?
TALogeN (long hair)

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Vellus hair

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peach fuzz

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terminal hair

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All other hair

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hair texture

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determined by follicle shape

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cortex of hair

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middle layer that holds color

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cuticle of hair

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outer layer of hair made of keratinized cells covering the cortex

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functions of nails

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scratching, grasping, and protection

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nail plate

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translucent portion of the nail

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free edge

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part of the nail that extends over the tip of the finger

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nail root

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anchors nail into finger

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lunula of nail

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white area at the base of the nail (thickened stratum basale)

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cuticle

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loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail

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nail bed

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living skin under the nail plate

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matrix bed

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where nail plate cells grow

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nail folds

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side edges of the nail

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mantle of nail

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contains root and matrix of the nail

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