Integumentary System Flashcards
1
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Name the layers of the Epidermis:
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Top to bottom: (apical surface to basement membrane)
Stratum Corneum, Stratum Lucidum, Stratum Granulosum, Stratum Spinosum, Stratum Basale
2
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Epidermis:
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Most superficial layer
Keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium.
3
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Dermis:
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Deep
- Papillary Layer
- dermal papillae
- Reticular Layer
- Hair follicles
- Sebaceous glands (broccoli shaped)
- Sudoriferous glands (sweat glands-upside down flower)
- Sensory Receptors : Meissenr corpusal & Pacian (deep pressure/vibration)
4
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Hypodermis or subcutaneous layer
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often called superficial fascia
5
Q
Tissue changes:
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Metaplasia, hyper trophy, hyperplasia, atrophy, neoplasia.
6
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Metaplasia/
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A mature epithelium changes to another
Pre cancerous
7
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Hypertrophy
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Increase in size
8
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Hyperplasia
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Increase in number of cells
9
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Atrophy
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Decrease in either cell number or size causing tissue shrinkage
10
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Neoplasia:
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Growth proceeding out of control
-often abnormal tissue develops
