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Integumentary System Ch.5 Flashcards

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Integumentary System

A
  • Largest organ in the body.

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

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Epidermis

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

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Keratin

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hard protein that provides a waterproofing characteristics

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Melanocytes

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produce black pigment called melanin

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Dermis

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Second layer of the skin. aka corium

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Sebaceous glands

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Oil glands. located in dermis

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Sudoriferous glands

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sweat glands. located in dermis

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Subcutaneous layer

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

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Adipose

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Fat tissue

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Exocrine glands

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glands that secrete substances out of the body…

sudoriferous/sebaceous glands.

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axillae

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armpits

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adip/o
lip/o
steat/o

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Fat

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Cutane/o
dermat/o
derm/o

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Skin

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hidr/o

sudor/o

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Sweat

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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly

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kerat/o

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horny tissue; hard; cornea

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melan/o

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black

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myc/o

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fungus (fungi)

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onych/o

ungu/o

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nail

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pil/o

trich/o

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hair

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scler/o

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hardening; sclera

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seb/o

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sebum, sebaceous

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squam/o

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scale

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xen/o

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foreign, strange

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xer/o

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dry

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cyte

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cell

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derma

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skin

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therapy

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treatment

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an

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without, not

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dia

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through, across

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epi

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above, upon

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hyper

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excessive, above normal

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sub

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under, below

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homo

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same

35
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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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most common type of skin cancer

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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arises from skin that undergoes pathological hardening of epidermal cells

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Malignant melanoma

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malignant growth of melanocytes.

is the most lethal of skin cancers

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Lesions

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

  • Localized
  • Systemic
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hyperesthesia

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

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vesicles or bullae

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fluid filled blisters

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dermatoplasty

A

skin grafting

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Neoplasms

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

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metastasis

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invasive cells that spread to remote regions of the body

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tumore-node-metastasis system (TNM)

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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

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Flat lesions

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Primary lesion

Flat, discolored, circumscribed lesions of any size

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Elevated lesions

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Primary lesion

solid or fluid filled

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Depressed lesions

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Depressed lesion. Caused by loss of skin surface.

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Androgen

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

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ductule

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very small duct

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homeostasis

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

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synthesize

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

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