Integumentary System Flashcards

1
Q

Which layer lacks blood vessels?

A

Epidermis

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2
Q

Which layer has stratified squamous epithelial?

A

Epidermis

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3
Q

Located in the epidermis and is nourished by dermal blood vessels

A

Straum Basale

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4
Q

The process of keratinocytes, older epidermal cells is called?

A

Keratinization

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5
Q

Melanocytes are specialized cells in the epidermis that produce a pigment called?

A

Melanin

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6
Q

What skin color is eumelanin?

A

Dark brown

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7
Q

What skin color is pheomelanin?

A

Reddish-yellow

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8
Q

Dermis has an uneven pattern called?

A

Dermal papillae

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9
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This layer of skin is composed of areolar, tissue, collagen, and elastic fibers

A

Dermis

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10
Q

Dermal blood vessels supply nutrients to skin and help?

A

Regulate temperature

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11
Q

Nerve cell processes are located throughout which skin layer?

A

Dermis

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12
Q

Which skin layer houses hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands?

A

Dermis

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13
Q

Protective coverings for fingers and toes, made of keratinized epithelial cells

A

Nails

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14
Q

These develop from stem cells and become keratinized

A

Hair Follicles

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15
Q

The color in this is produced by epidermal melanocytes

A

Hair Follicles

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16
Q

The muscle responsible for “goosebumps” is the?

A

Arrector Pili Muscle

17
Q

The gland that is associated with hair follicles

A

Sebaceous Glands

18
Q

Fatty material and debris that is produced by sebaceous glands

A

Sebum

19
Q

Black heads are also called?

A

Comedones

20
Q

Small, red elevations are also called?

A

Pustules

21
Q

Gland that is a bell-shaped coil in the deeper dermis or superficial subcutaneous layer, and is also an EXOcrine gland

A

Sudoriferous Glands

22
Q

A type of sudoriferous gland that expels mostly water and small amounts of salts, and waste such as urea and uric acid

A

Merocrine

23
Q

A type of sudoriferous gland that expel proteins and lipids which produce odor from the body when metabolized

A

Apocrine

24
Q

What happens when you have a shallow break in skin:
Epithelial cells stimulate and reproduce ________ and newly formed cells can _____ the gap

A

Rapidly ; Fill

25
Q

What happens when there is an extensive break into the dermis and subcutaneous layer:
Blood vessel ______, release blood forming clot
Blood clot and dried _______ fluid creates a scab
Fibroblasts migrate to injury site secreting _________
Phagocytes remove _________ cells

A

Break ; Tissue ; Collagen ; Dead

26
Q

Type of burn: Painful, doesn’t blister, doesn’t scar

A

First degree burn

27
Q

Type of burn: Doesn’t require surgery, but may scar and be more painful

A

Second degree burn

28
Q

Type of burn: Requires surgery and form more scars and are less painful

A

Second degree burn

29
Q

Type of burn: Blisters and weeps, increasing death leads to increased risk of infection and scarring

A

Second degree burn