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Integumentary System Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 Skin Derivatives

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  1. Sweat Glands
  2. Oil Glands
  3. Hairs and hair follicles
  4. Nails
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What are the 6 functions of skin?

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  1. Chemical, physical & biological protection
  2. Body Temperature Regulation
  3. Cutaneous Sensation
  4. Metabolic functions
  5. Blood reservoir
  6. Excretion
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3
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How much skin can hold the body’s total blood volume?

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5%

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4
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What’s the 6 types of damage the skin protects from

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  1. Mechanical Damage
  2. Chemical Damage
  3. Baterial Damage
  4. Thermal Damage
  5. Ultraviolet Radiation
  6. Desiccation
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5
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What type of skin tissue is the epidermis made of?

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Stratified Squamous Epithelium with Keratin

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What are the 5 epidermis layers?

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  1. Stratum Basale
  2. Stratum Spinosum
  3. Stratum Granulosum
  4. Stratum Lucidum
  5. Stratum Corneum
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What stratum layer is letter A?

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Stratum Corneum

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8
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What stratum layer is letter B?

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Stratum Lucidum

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9
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What Stratum layer is letter D?

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Stratum Spinosum

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10
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What Stratum Layer is letter E?

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Stratum Basale

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11
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What Stratum Layer is letter C?

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Stratum Granulosum

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12
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Where do calluses develop?

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Palms of hands and soles of feet

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13
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What is the type of protein that provides waterproofing and preserves permeability characteristics such as Nicotine Patches

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Glycolipids

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14
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What is the upper layer of skin called?

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Epidermis

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What is the lower, strong, flexible connnective tissue of the skin called?

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Dermis

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16
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What are the two layers of the Dermis called?

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  1. Papillary Layer
  2. Reticular Layer
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17
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The layer of the dermis that has pain receptors, is a thin, superficial layer of areolar connective tissue and has projections that are for friction ridges and fingerprints

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Papillary Layer

18
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The layer of the dermis that makes up 80% of the dermis, has blood vessels, sweat glands

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Reticular Layer

19
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What does the reticular layer of the dermis have?

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Blood vessels, glands, nerve receptors and eleastic fibers

20
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What is the gland that produces oil, softens and lubricates hair and skin and are activated at puberty

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Subaceous Glands

21
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What is the type of sweat gland that dissipates excess heat through evaporative cooling?

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Eccrine Gland

22
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What is the sweat gland that is in the armpits & pubic area that ducts emptu into hair follicles and is activated by strees, pain & sexual excitement and NOT by temperture

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Apocrine Gland

23
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What is the modified sweat gland that is found in the lining of the external ear canal

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Ceruminous gland

24
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Where on the skin is hair not on?

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Soles, Lips, & Nipples

25
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What 3 parts make up the hair

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  1. Bulb
  2. Root
  3. Shaft
26
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What type of cells create hair

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Stratum basale cells

27
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What structure of the nail is crescent shaped vascular area that is proximal end of the nail bed and visible. Made to check oxygen status for patients?

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Lunule

28
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What are fluid-filled pockets between the epidermis & dermis

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Blisters

29
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How are Decubitus ulcers “bed sores” made

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Blood supply restricted

O2 is reduced

Necrosis (Tissue death)

Areas of high risk are least padded

30
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What is tissue damage by heat, electricty, UV radiation, or chemicals

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Burns

31
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What are the 4 catastrophic losses of body fluids that result from burns

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  1. Dehydration
  2. Electrolyte imbalance
  3. Renal Failure
  4. Ciculatory shock
32
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What is the infection that is the leading cause of death in burn victims

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Sepsis

33
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What is the degree burn that only damages the epidermis, results in redness, pain, and swelling, and usually heals in 2-3 days.

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1st Degree

34
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What is the degree burn that damages the epidermis and dermis, has redness, pain,and inflammations but also bilstering, and requires 3-4 weeks to heal?

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2nd Degree

35
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What is the degree burn that does total tissue destructure of the epidermis, dermis, and even hypodermis, tissues become discolored but doesn’t have pain due to nerve endings burnt off, and requires skin graft

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3rd Degree

36
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What are the 3 most common skin cancer types

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  1. Basal Cell Carcinoma
  2. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  3. Malignant melanoma
37
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What is the skin cancer that is the most common type

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

38
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What is the skin cancer that results in a scaly reddened papule that occurs on the head, ears, lower lip and hands

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

39
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What is the skin cancer that appears spontaneously about 1/3 from preexisting moles

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Malignat Melanoma

40
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What is the ABCD(E) rule detection for cancer?

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A. Asymmetry

B. Irregular Border

C. Color

D. Larger than 6mm in diameter

E. Elevation above the skin surface and evolution

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