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Lecture 4 materials - Integumentary/skin Flashcards

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What are the functions of the integument?

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Protection, sensory information, storage of water and electrolytes, vitamin synthesis, thermoreglation, immunity, intraspecies communication

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What is the largest organ system of all mammals?

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The integument (this includes but not exclusively skin)

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What does the skin consist of?

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Epidermis and dermis

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Name accessory structures of the integument

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Skin glands, hair, pads, claws, mammary glands

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Describe the skin

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Made from epidermis (top) and dermis (deep)

Melanocytes produce pigment

SKin encloses the body and blends mucus membranes at orifices

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Describe the epidermis

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Ectodermal with stratified squamous epithelium

Avascular

Thick in non-hairy skin and thin in hairy skin

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What are the 5 layers of thick skin

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Stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum

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Describe the dermis (corium)

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Comes from mesoderm, formed from dense connective tissue (collagen)

Papillary and reticular layer

Well vascularized and innervated

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What part of the skin does leather come from?

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Dermis

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What is the difference between the papillar and reticular layer of the dermis?

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Cells are more spread out in the papillary layer

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Describe the hypodermis

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Between skin and superficial fascia

Cutaneous muscles extend tendons in to the hypodermis for skin movement

The subcutis is thin where movement is undesirable

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12
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What is the subcutis made of

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Collagen, elastic fibers, white fat

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What does thickening of the subcutis lead to?

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Skin folds

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14
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Are there glands on nasal skin of dogs?

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No, moisture comes from serous secretions from lateral nasal glands

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What is the nasal skin made of?

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polygonal plaque areas form the planum nasale

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16
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What are the 2 basic skin glands?

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Sebaceous, Sweat

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17
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Describe sebaceous glands

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Produce sebum and drain directly in to hair follicles with apocrine sweat glands

Lubricates and waterproofs skin and coat

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18
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Describe Eccrine sweat gland

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Eccrine (no hair): found in footpads of dogs, predominantly in primates, secrete water-y sweat by exocytosis

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Describe Apocrine sweat gland

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Apocrine (with hair): Empties in to hair follicles with sebaceous glands by pinching off part of the cell.

Odorous

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20
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Describe ceruminous glands

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Produces ear wax (cerumen)

By apocrine and sebaceous (pinching off, oily sebum) secretion

Located in external auditory canal

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21
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Describe circumoral gland

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Found only in lips of cats

Sebaceous in nature, used to mark territory

Secretion deposited by rubbing head against objects

22
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Describe carpal glands

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Present in cats and pigs

Located proximal to the carpal pad and marked by a tactile hair

23
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Describe caudal glands

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Sebaceous and serous glands

Located at the base of tail (cat) or around 7th to 9th caudal vertebrae (dogs)

Most active during breeding season

24
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What is the cause of stud tail?

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Caudal gland hyperplasia

25
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Describe circumanal glands

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Sebaceous in nature (only dogs)

Around anal area of the dog

No excretory duct, empty by bursting

Play a role in steroid synthesis, intraspecies communication and is a common tumor site

26
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Describe glands of the anal sacs

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Found within the walls of the anal sacs of dogs and cats

Sebaceous and serous in nature, serves as a marker

Foul and expressed during defecation

27
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What are the 3 basic types of hair?

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Guard hair, wool hair, tactile hair

28
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Describe guard hairs

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Lie close against the skin

Straight and stiff, forms top coat

Comes in bristle, wavy and wavy bristle

29
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Describe wool hairs

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Form soft undercoat

Fine and wavy

Bristled wavy, large wavy, fine wavy

30
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Describe tactile hairs

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Modification of guard hairs

Found on head of dogs and cats, and on the carpus of cat and pigs

Tactile hairs are thicker and extend past guard hairs

31
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Characteristics of the hair cycle

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All hair has a finite life span

All dogs shed

Not all hair is shed at one time, shedding can be seasonal or year-round

32
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What are the phases of the hair cycle?

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Anagen, early catagen, late catagen, telogen, early anagen

33
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What is the anagen phase?

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Fully functional hair follicle

34
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What is the early catagen phase?

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Follicle begins to atrophy

35
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What is the late catagen phase?

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Further atropy of hair follicle

36
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What is the telogen phase?

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New hair matrix begins to form under atrophied follicle

37
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What is the early anagen phase?

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New hair begins to grow

38
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What phases are in the transition phase?

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Early catagen, late catagen

39
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What is considered the resting phase of the hair cycle?

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Telogen

40
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Describe plantigrade mammals

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Plantigrade mammals (walking on soles)

Digital pads, metacarpal pads, metatarsal pads, carpal pads, tarsal pads

Bears, humans

41
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Describe digitigrade mammals

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Walking on toes

Digital pads, metacarpal pads, metatarsal pads, carpal pads (no use)

No tarsal pads

Dogs, cats

42
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Describe the footpad

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Heavily keratinzied epidermis

Made with rough conical papillae in the dog (smoother in cat)

Digital cushion is made of subcutis (hypodermis)

Footpads contain eccrine sweat glands (no hair)

43
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Describe claws

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Extend apically from pad

Made from modified superficial layers of epidermis

Encloses distal phalanx (quick) and consists of a sole, two walls and a central dorsal ridge

44
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How are claws retracted in cats?

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Elastic ligaments retract claws back in to claw fold (vallum)

45
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How are mammary glands arranged in dogs?

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Two bilaterally symmetric rows suspended from ventral abdominal wall

5 pairs in dogs, 4 pairs in cats

2 pair thoracic, 2 pair abdominal (1 in cats), 1 pair inguinal

46
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What is a mamma?

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Glandular complex associated with a single papilla (nipple) that has 7-12 openings

47
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Describe the mammary gland

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Modified, enlarged compound tubuloalveolar sweat gland

Each opening of the papilla leads to an independent duct

48
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Describe the blood supply of the thoracic mammary glands

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Perforating branches of the internal thoracic artery and vein

49
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Describe blood supply for cranial abdominal mammary glands

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Cranial superifical epigastric artery and vein

50
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Describe blood supply for caudual abdominal mammary gland and inguinal mammary gland

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Caudal superficial epigastric artery and vein

51
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Describe the lymphatic system of the mammary gland

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Thoracic and cranial abdominal mammae drain indepenently to axillary lymph nodes

Caudal abdominal and inguinal mammae drain to the superficial inguinal lymph nodes

52
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If one teat gets mastitis, will the other teats be more likely to get mastitis?

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No, because they were independent from one another.

Cranial abdominal and caudal thoracic may connect adjacently but not between Left and Right sides

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