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Integumentary System Flashcards

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Body Membrane

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Cover surfaces, line body cavities, and form protective sheets in the body.

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Epithelial Membrane

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Covering and lining membranes

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Cutaneous Membrane

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aka your skin

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Mucous Membrane

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lines all body cavities that open to the exterior

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Serous Membrane

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Mesothelial tissue that lines internal cavities

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Serous Fluid

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Fluid that fills body cavities

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Peritoneum

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Serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity

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Pleura

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Lines the thorax and envelops the lungs

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Pericardium

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Membrane closing the heart.

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Synovial Membrane

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Connective tissue that connects capsules

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skin

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soft outer covering of vertebrates

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integument

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tough outer protective layer

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keratin

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Protein that helps form hair, nails.

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epidermis

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the outer layer of cells on an organism

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dermis

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thick layer of living tissue that is below the epidermis

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subcutaneous tissue

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lowermost layer of integumentary systme

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stratum basale

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deepest layer of epidermis

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stratum spinosum

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between basale and granulosum

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stratum granulosum

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thin layer of cells in the epidermis

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stratum lucidum

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thin, clear layer of dead skin cells

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stratum corneum

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horny outer layer of the skin

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melanin

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a dark brown, black pigment in hair, nails, and the iris

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papillary layer

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uppermost layer of dermis

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dermal papilla

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stimulates hair growth

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reticular layer

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under papillary dermis

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exocrine glands

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secrete products into ducts

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Sebaceous glands

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lubricates skin and hair

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sebum

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oily or waxy matter secreted by sebaceous glands

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eccrine glands

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small sweat glands

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apocrine glands

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secretes viscous fluid into a hair follicle

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hair follicle

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a small secretory cavity with a hair stem in it

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arrector pili

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small muscles attached to hair follicles

33
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athlete’s foot

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fungal infection usually starts in toes

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Boils and carbuncles

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abscess in the skin caused by the bacterium Staph

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cold sores

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sores on mouth caused by herpes

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contact dermatitis

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allergic reaction from a foreign substance

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impetigo

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bacterial skin infection

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psoriasis

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skin cells build up and form scales and itchy, dry patches

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