Integumentary System Ch.5

Question 1

Integumentary System

Answer 1

• Largest organ in the body.

- Made up of skin, hair, nails, and glands.

Question 2

Epidermis

Answer 2

-Outer most layer of skin
-composed of several sublayers…
starta
stratum corneum
basal layer

Question 3

Keratin

Answer 3

hard protein that provides a waterproofing characteristics

Question 4

Melanocytes

Answer 4

produce black pigment called melanin

Question 5

Dermis

Answer 5

Second layer of the skin. aka corium

Question 6

Sebaceous glands

Answer 6

Oil glands. located in dermis

Question 7

Sudoriferous glands

Answer 7

sweat glands. located in dermis

Question 8

Subcutaneous layer

Answer 8

Third layer of skin. binds the dermis to the underlying structures. aka hypodermis

Question 9

Adipose

Answer 9

Fat tissue

Question 10

Exocrine glands

Answer 10

glands that secrete substances out of the body…

sudoriferous/sebaceous glands.

Question 11

axillae

Answer 11

armpits

Question 12

adip/o
lip/o
steat/o

Answer 12

Fat

Question 13

Cutane/o
dermat/o
derm/o

Answer 13

Skin

Question 14

hidr/o

sudor/o

Answer 14

Sweat

Question 15

ichthy/o

Answer 15

dry, scaly

Question 16

kerat/o

Answer 16

horny tissue; hard; cornea

Question 17

melan/o

Answer 17

black

Question 18

myc/o

Answer 18

fungus (fungi)

Question 19

onych/o

ungu/o

Answer 19

nail

Question 20

pil/o

trich/o

Answer 20

hair

Question 21

scler/o

Answer 21

hardening; sclera

Question 22

seb/o

Answer 22

sebum, sebaceous

Question 23

squam/o

Answer 23

scale

Question 24

xen/o

Answer 24

foreign, strange

Question 25

xer/o

Answer 25

dry

Question 26

cyte

Answer 26

cell

Question 27

derma

Answer 27

skin

Question 28

therapy

Answer 28

treatment

Question 29

an

Answer 29

without, not

Question 30

dia

Answer 30

through, across

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epi

Answer 31

above, upon

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hyper

Answer 32

excessive, above normal

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sub

Answer 33

under, below

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homo

Answer 34

same

Question 35

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Answer 35

most common type of skin cancer

Question 36

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Answer 36

arises from skin that undergoes pathological hardening of epidermal cells

Question 37

Malignant melanoma

Answer 37

malignant growth of melanocytes. | is the most lethal of skin cancers

Question 38

Lesions

Answer 38

Areas of tissue that have been pathologically altered by injury, wound, or infection. - Localized - Systemic

Question 39

hyperesthesia

Answer 39

Acute sensitivity to such sensory stimuli as touch, heat, or cold.

Question 40

vesicles or bullae

Answer 40

fluid filled blisters

Question 41

dermatoplasty

Answer 41

skin grafting

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Neoplasms

Answer 42

Abnormal growths of new tissue that are classified as benign of malignant.

Question 43

metastasis

Answer 43

invasive cells that spread to remote regions of the body

Question 44

tumore-node-metastasis system (TNM)

Answer 44

The most common system used for staging tumors T-size and invasiveness of primary tumor N-area lymph nodes involved M-invasiveness (metastasis) of primary tumor

Question 45

Flat lesions

Answer 45

Primary lesion | Flat, discolored, circumscribed lesions of any size

Question 46

Elevated lesions

Answer 46

Primary lesion | solid or fluid filled

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Depressed lesions

Answer 47

Depressed lesion. Caused by loss of skin surface.

Question 48

Androgen

Answer 48

Generic term for an agent (usually a hormone...testosterone and androsterone) that stimulates development of male characteristics

Question 49

ductule

Answer 49

very small duct

Question 50

homeostasis

Answer 50

state in which the regulatory mechanisms of the body maintain an internal environment within tolerable level, despite changes in the external environment

Question 51

synthesize

Answer 51

Forming a complex substance by the union of simpler compounds or elements