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Integumentary System Vocabulary Flashcards

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Integumentary System

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Skin and its accessory structures

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Cutaneous Membranes

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Covers the body as skin

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Serous Membranes

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Lines body cavities that don’t open to the outside

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Mucous Membranes

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Lines cavities and tubes openings to body’s outside

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Synovial Membranes

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Lines joint cavities

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Anemic

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Condition in which the blood doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells

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Cyanosis

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Bluish discoloration of skin caused by heart or breathing problems

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Jaundice

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yellowish discoloration of skin (and whites of the eyes) caused by liver problems

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Epidermis

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Outermost tissue layer of the skin composed of stratified squamous epithelium

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Dermis

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Layer of skin between the epidermis and hypodermis, composed mainly of connective tissue and containing blood vessels, hair follicles, sweat glands, and other structures

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Melanin

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Pigment that determine the color of hair and skin

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Melanocyte

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Cell found in the stratum basale of the epidermis that produces the pigment melanin

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Albinism

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Genetic disorder that affects the skin, in which there is no melanin production

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Vitiligo

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Skin condition in which melanocytes in certain areas lose the ability to produce melanin, possibly due an autoimmune reaction that leads to loss of color in patches

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Callus

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The rate of cell division of epidermal cells increases when skin is rubbed or pressed regularly (stressed), resulting in thickened areas

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Heel Fissures

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Form a unique type of callus that is created by tension on the skin at the rim of the heel

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Hair

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Keratinous filament growing out of the epidermis

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Hair Follicle

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Cavity or sac from which hair originates

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Hair Root

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Part of hair that is below the epidermis anchored to the follicle

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Hair Papilla

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Mass of connective tissue,blood capillaries, and nerve ending as the base of the hair follicle

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Keratin

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Type of structural protein that give skin, hair , and nails its hard, water-resistant properties

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Hirsutism

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Excessive body hair on parts of body where hair is normally absent usually on chin, chest, face, or body

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Alopecia

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Loss of hair

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Congenital Hypertrichosis

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Infant completely covered in thin lanugo hair

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Lanugo

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very thin, soft, usually unpigmented downy hair that is found on the body of a newborn

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Eumelanin

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Dark hair has more of the brownish-black pigment`

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Pheomelanin

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Blonde and red hair have more of the reddish blonde pigment

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Arrector pili muscle

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Smooth muscle that is activated in response to external stimuli that pull on hair follicles and make the hair “Stand up”

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Nail Bed

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Layer of epidermis upon which the nail body forms

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Nail Plate

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Overlies the nail bed

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Lunula

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Basal part of the nail body that consists of a consists of a crescent-shaped layer of thick epithelium

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Onychogryphosis

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Thickening and curvature of nail

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Sebaceous Gland

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Type of oil gland found in the dermis all over the body and helps to lubricate and waterproof the skin and hair by secreting sebum

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Sebum

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Oily substance that is composed of a mixture of lipids that lubricates the skin and hair

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Sudoriferous Gland

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Sweat gland that produces odor

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Apocrine Sweat Gland

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Type of sweat gland that is associated with hair follicles in the armpits and genital regions

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Eccrine Sweat Gland

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Type of sweat gland that is common throughout the skin surface;sweat is released outside of body through a por

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Ceruminous Gland

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Modified sweat gland that secretes earwax

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Mammary Glands

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Modified sweat glands that secrete milk

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Acute Sunburn

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Occurs when too much UV radiation reaches the skin, causing inflammation

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Skin Cancer

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Begins when UV radiation mutates the DNA of a skin cell

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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Cancer that originates from basal cells in the epidermis of the skin

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Type of skin cancer that originates from the stratum spinosum of the epidermis

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Melanoma

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Types of skin cancer that originates from the melanocytes of the skin

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Acne

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Is a disorder of the sebaceous glands due to too much oil flow

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Allergic Contact Dermatitis

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Caused by an immune system reaction to an allergen, causing a red scaliness

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Irritant Contact Dermatitis

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Caused by an irritating substance (not an immune system reaction) causing red, itchy, blistery skin

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Hyperthermia

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a rise in body temperature

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Hypothermia

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A decreases in body temperature

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First Degree Burn

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Superficial burn that injures only the epidermis

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Second Degree Burn

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Partial Thickness burn that injures the epidermis and a portion of the dermis

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Third Degree Burn

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Burn that penetrates and destroys the full thickness of the skin (Epidermis and Dermis)

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Fourth Degree Burn

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Burn in which full thickness of the skin and underlying muscle and bone is damaged

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Skin Graft

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Transplantation of skin

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Scar

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Collagen rich skin formed after the process of wound healing that is different from normal skin

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Keloid

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Type of scar that has layers raised above the skin surface

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