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Integumentary System Flashcards

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Consists of the skin and accessory structures hair, glands, and nails. Can indicate physiological imbalances in the body

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Integumentary system

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A function of the integumentary system that PROTECTS against abrasion and the harmful effects of ultraviolet light.

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Protection

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A function of the integumentary system that has SENSORY RECEPTORS that can detect heat, cold, touch, pressure, and pain.

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Sensation

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A function of the integumentary system that the amount of blood flow through the skin and the activity of sweat glands help REGULATE body TEMPERATURE

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Temperature Regulation

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A funtion of the integumentary system when exposed to ultraviolet light, the skin produces a molecule that can be transformed into VITAMIN D, an important regulator of CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS

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Vitamin D production

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A function of the integumentary system where small amounts of waste products are EXCRETED through the skin and glands.

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Excretion

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Made up of two major tissue layers the dermis and epidermis rests on the SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE ( a layer of connective tissue)

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Skin

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Epithelial tissue; most superficial layer of the skin; prevents water loss and resists abrasion (STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM)

*The outer most cells-protect the cells underneath.
*The deeper, replicating cells lost from the surface (mitosis)

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Epidermis

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Dense connective tissue; responsible for most of the skin’s structural strength

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Dermis

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cells fill with the protein KERATIN; epithelial cells eventually die and produce an outer layer of dead cells; continuos process

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Keratinization

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DEEPEST STRATUM ; consists of cuboidal or columnar cells that undergo mitotic divisions about 29 days; daughter cells pushed toward the surface> 40-56 days

*(a part in the Epidermis)

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Stratum Basale

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SUPERFICIAL STRATUM of the epidermis; consists of dead squamous cell with keratin; consists of 25 or more layers of dead squamous cells

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Stratum Corneum

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skin subjected to friction

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Callus

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over bony prominences

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Corn

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responsible for
the structural strength of the dermis

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Collagen and Elastic fibers

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skin is most
resistant to STRETCH along these lines

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Cleavage lines or tension lines

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develops due to RAPID INCREASE in size

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Stretch Marks

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18
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extend toward the epidermis ;
contain many blood vessels that supply the
overlying epidermis with nutrients, remove waste
product and help regulate body temperature.

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Dermal Papillae

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19
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factors such as pigments in the skin, blood
circulating through the skin and
the thickness of the statum determines the?

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Skin Color

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group of pigments
primarily responsible for skin,
hair and eye color ; provides
protection against ultra violet
light from the sun , melanocytes

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Melanin

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21
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determined by genetic factors, exposure to light and hormones. Large amount of melanin form freckles or moles , darkened areas
in the genitalia, nipples and circular areas around the nipples

lips, palms of the hands and soles of the feet

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Melanin

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recessive genetic trait that causes a deficiency or an
ABSCENCE OF MELANIN

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Albinism

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stimulating hormone cause an INCREASE MELANIN production during pregnancy in the mother

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Estrogen and Melanocyte

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24
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bluish color of the skin

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Cyanosis

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25
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CONGENITAL DISORDERS of the blood vessels in the
dermis

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Birthmarks

26
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where the skins RESTS AND ATTACHES it to underlying BONE AND MUSCLE
and supplies it with blood vessels and nerves.

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Subcutaneous Tissue

27
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not part of the skin…

(Aww xoxad di belong)

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Hypodermis

28
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includes adipose tissue that contains about half the body’s stores
lipids

*can be used to estimate total body fat
*21 to 30% in female ; 13% to 25% in male

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Subcutaneous Tissue

29
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found everywhere on the skin, except
on the palms, soles, lips, nipples, parts
of the genitalia and the distal segments
of the fingers and toes

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Hair

30
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is produced in the hair bulb, which
rests on the papilla

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Hair

31
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consists of COLUMNS of
DEAD KEARTINIZED
epithelial cells

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Hair root and shaft

32
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growth stops and the hair is held
in the hair follicle

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Resting Stage

33
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30 days/105 days; scalp hair 3 years/1-2years

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Eyelashes

34
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melanin MELANOCYTES WHICH OCCURS IN THE HAIR BULD by the same method as in
the skin.

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Hair Color

35
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smooth muscles cell associated
with each hair follicle
that causes “goose
bumps”

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Arrector Pili

36
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2 major Glands of the skin

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*Sebaceous Gland
*Sweat Gland

37
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simple, branched acinar glands
• connected by a duct to the
superficial part of a hair follicle

*Found in the dermis

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Sebaceous Gland

38
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an OILY WHITE SUBSTANCE RICH IN LIPIDS;holocrine
secretion; lubricates the hair and
the surface of the skin

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Produces SEBUM

39
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Two types of Sweat Glands

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*Eccrine Glands
*Apocrine Glands

40
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> simple , coiled, tubular gland; RELEASE SWEAT BY MEROCRINE SECRETION
• numerous in palms and soles
• secretion that is mostly water with few salts

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Eccrine

41
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Simple, coiled, tubular gland that PRODUCE A THICK SECRETION RICH IN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE. merocrine secretion

• armpits and genitalia
• active in puberty
• body odor

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Apocrine

42
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THIN PLATE, consisting of layers of dead stratum corneum cells that contains a VERY HARD TYPE OF KERATIN.

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Nails

43
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VISIBLE part of the nail

*Distal part of the nail

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Nail Body

44
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Part of the nail that is COVERED by the skin

*Proximal part of the nail

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Nail Root

45
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The LATERAL and PROXIMAL EDGES of the nail are covered by skin called?

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Nail Fold

46
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the edges of the nail are held in place by the?

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Nail Groove

47
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The stratum corneum of the nail fold grows onto the nail body as the?

*EXTEND onto the nail body

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Cuticle

48
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Beneath the free edge of the nail body is the?

*A thickened region of the stratum corneum.

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Hyponychium

49
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The nail root extends distally from the?

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Nail Matrix

50
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The nail also attaches to the underlying________

*Located between the NAIL MATRIX and the HYPONYCHIUM.

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Nail Bed

51
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Grows without resting stage

( sheesh di napapagod)

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Nails

52
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a WHITISH CRESCENT shaped area at the base of the nail. appears white because the blood vessels do not show through the thicker nail matrix

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Lunula

53
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A YELLOWISH SKIN COLOR occurs when EXCESS bile pigments accumulate in the blood.

*Liver damage

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Jaundice

54
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The bacteria release a toxin into the blood
that causes the PINK-RED RASH for which this disease was named.

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Rashes and Lesions

55
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is affected by nutritional status. VITAMIN A. DEFICIENCY causes the skin to produce excess keratin and assume a characteristic sandpaper texture, whereas iron-deficiency anemia causes the nails to lose their normal contour and become fl at or concave (spoon-shaped).

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The condition of the skin, hair, and nails

56
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injury to a tissue caused by heat, cold, friction,
chemicals, electricity or radiation

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Burns

57
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Partial thickness burns damage only the epidermis

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First Degree Burn

58
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damage the epidermis and dermis. Minimal dermal damage causes redness, pain, edema, and blisters.

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Second-Degree Burns

59
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FULL-THICKNESS burns, destroys the epidermis, the dermis and usually the underlying tissues

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Third-Degree Burns

60
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Types of Skin cancers

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*Basal Cell Carcinoma
*Squamoous Cell Carcinoma
*Melanoma

61
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composed of dense collagenous connective
tissue containing fibroblasts, adipocytes and
macrophages.

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Dermis

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