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What is keratin?

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A protien that provides skin with waterproofing properties

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What is the combining form if keratin?

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Kerat/o

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What’s the other name for dermis?

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Corium

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What is perception?

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The ability to recognize sensory stimuli

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What us tactile perception?

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The ability to recognize touch sensation

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Define fibroblast

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Fiber producing cells. I.e. Collagen

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Define collagen

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Tough, flexible, fibrous protein found in skin, bone, cartilage, tendons and ligaments

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What does the integumentary system consist of?

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Skin and appendages (appendages includes glands, hair, fur, wool, feathers, hooves, nails…)

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What do sebaceous glands secrete?

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Sebum

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What are ductules

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Ducts

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Why are sebaceous glands considered holocrine glands?

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Because the secreting cells and their secretions make up the discharge produced

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What are, and where are sudoriferous glands?

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Sweat glands. They’re located in the dermis

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What are sudoriferous glands divided into?

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Eccrine glands (produce and secrete water, salt or sweat) and apocrine glands (secrete odorous substances into hair follicles)

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Define hidrosis

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Excess production of sweat

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What is the combining form of sweat?

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Hidr/o

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What do anhidrosis and hyperhidrosis mean?

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Anhidrosis is abnormal reduction of sweating
Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating

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What are ceruminous glands?

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Modified sweat glands in the ear cabal which secrete cerumen (earwax)

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What are the combining forms for hair?

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Pil/i
Pil/o
Trich/o

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What is the hair shaft composed of?

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Cuticle
Cortex
Medulla

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What are hair follicles

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Tubes that hold hair fibers

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What are arrector pili

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Tiny muscles attached to the hair follicle which cause the hair to stand

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What is piloerection

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Hair standing straight up

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Compare fur to pelt

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Fur is short, fine soft hair
Pelt is skin in addition to fur or hair

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What are guard hairs

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Primary hair/topcoat
Long, straight, stiff hairs that form thr outer coat

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What are secondary hairs
The undercoat. Fine, soft wavy hair. Includes wool
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What are tactile hair
Vibrissae Long brittle sensitive hair usually located on the face
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What are cilia
Thin, short hairs Ex. Eyelashes
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What is simple pattern hair growth
Guard hairs that grow from seperate follicular openings, as in cattle
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What is compound pattern hair growth
Multiple guard hairs that grow from single follicles, as in dogs
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What is shedding
Normal hair loss caused by temperature, hormones, photoperiod (light), nutrition and other nondisease causes
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Where are walls normally located
Normally located dorsal and lateral to the distal phalanx
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Where are soles normally located
Normally located ventral to the distal phalanx and usually is flaky
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What are foot pads
Tori. Provides cushioning and protection for the bones of the foot
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Where are digital pads normally located on cats and dogs
On the Palmar and plantar surfaces
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Where are metacarpal and metatarsal pads located
On the Palmar and plantar surfaces of the metatarsal areas respectively
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Where are carpal pads located
On the carpus
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What does -grade mean?
To go
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Why ate dogs and cats called digitigrade animals
Because they walk with their toes, with only digital and metacarpal and metatarsal pads making contact with the ground
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What is quick
Connective tissue beneath the wall and sole of nails and claws which contain numerous blood vessels and nerve endings
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What is quickening
Trimming the nail or claw to the level of the dermis
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What us the combining form for claw
Onych/o
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What ate ungulates
Hooved animals such as equine, ruminants and swine
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What is the combining form of hoof
Ungul/o
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Define corium
The dermis of the hoof, located under the epidermal surfaces of the hoof wall, sole and frog. Corresponds to quick
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What are dewclaws
Rudimentary bones
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What are chestnuts and ergots
Chestnuts are found on equine and are the same as carpal pads on dogs. Ergots are on equine and correspond to metacarpal and metatarsal pads on dogs
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What does the word biopsy break down into
Bi/o (life) -opsy (view of)
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What's the difference between incisional and excisional
Incision is to cut into tissue Excision is to cut out of tissue
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What is the difference between horns and antlers
Horns are permanent Antlers grow back
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What is a polled animal
Animal breeds which ate normally hornless
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Define culture
Diagnostic or research procedure used to allow microbes to reproduce in predetermined media
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What does exfoliative mean
Falling off
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Define abrasion
Injury in which superficial layers are scraped
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What is caseous
A way to describe the pus from an abscess. Cheese-like
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What do clogged sebaceous glands cause
Acne
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What does alopec/o mean
Baldness
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Define atopy
Hypersensitivity reaction in animals involving puritis with secondary dermatitis. Allergies.
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Define bullae, or bulla
Multiple or singular skin elevations filled with fluid that are greater than 0.5 cm in diameter
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Define carbuncle
A cluster of furuncles. Which is a localized skin infection in a gland or hair follicles. Aka a boil.
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What is the combining form for cancerous
Carcin/o
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Define cellulitis
Inflammation of connective tissue
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Define comedo
Blackhead or buildup of sebum and keratin in a pore.
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Define contusion
Injury that does not break the skin
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Define crust
Collection of dried sebum and cellular debris
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Define cyst
Closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semisolid material
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Define dermatocellulitis
Inflammation of skin and connective tissue
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Define ecchymosis
Bruise
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Define ecthyma
Skin infection with shallow eruptions caused by pox virus. Aka soremouth
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Eczema
General term for inflammatory skin disease
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Define erythema
Skin redness
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What are the combining forms of red
Erythr/o Erythem/o Erythrmat/o
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Define exanthema
Cutaneous rash caused by fever
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Define excoriation
Skin surface injury caused by self trauma
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Define fissure
Crack like sore
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Define fistula
Abnormal passage from internal organ to the body surface or between two organs
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What is the root word for tube or pipe
Fistul/o
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Define wheal
A smooth, slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin. Usually accompanied by itching
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Define gangrene
Necrosis associated with loss of circulation
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Define putrefaction
Decay that produces a foul smelling odor
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Define granuloma
Small area of healing tissue
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Define hemangioma
Benign tumor composed of newly formed blood vessels
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Define hyperkeratosis
Abnormal condition of increased growth of the horny layer of the skin
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Define pediculosis
Lice infestation
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Define mange
Common term for skin disease caused by mites
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Define chiggers
Infestation of mite larvae causing severe puritis
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Define laceration
Accidental cut into the skin
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Define lesion
Pathological change of tissue used to describe abnormalities in many locations
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Lipoma
Fatty tumor
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Define macule
Flat, discolored lesion, less that 1cm diameter
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Define nodule
Small knot protruding above the skin
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Define papilloma
Benign epithelial growth that is lobed
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What's the root word for nipplelike
Papill/o Papill/i
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Define papule
Small, raised skin lesion less than 0.5cm diameter
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Define paronychia
Bacterial or viral infection of the claw
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Define patch
Localized skin color change greater than 1 CM in diameter
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Define petechiae
Small, pinpoint hemorrhages
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Define polyp
Growth in mucous membranes
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What are the two types of purpura
Ecchymosis and petechia
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What's the root word for pus
Py/o
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Define pyoderma
Skin disease containing pus
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Define sarcoma
Malignant neoplasm of soft tissue arising from connective tissue
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What is the combining form of flesh, or malignancy of connective tissue
Sarc/o
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What does cicatrix or cicatrices mean
Scar
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What is a sebaceous cyst
Closed sac of yellow fatty material
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Define seborrhea
Skin condition characterized by overproduction of sebum (oil)
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Define ulcer
Erosion of skin or mucous membrane
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What's the other word for decubital ulcer
Bedsores
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Define urticaria
Hives. Localized areas of swelling
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Define verrucae
Warts
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Define supperation
The process of pus forming
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Define cauterization
Destruction using electric current, heat, or chemicals
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Define cryosurgery
Destruction of tissue using extreme cold
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Define debridement
Removal or tissue and foreign material to aid healing
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Define lance
To open or pierce with a lancet to allow drainage
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Define laser
Device that transfers light into an intense beam for various purposes.

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