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1
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what is the largest organ in body?

A

skin

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2
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what is the skin’s outer layer?

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epidermis

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3
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what layer is beneath the epidermis?

A

dermis

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4
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what type of epithelium is the epidermis made from?

A

stratified squamous epithelium

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5
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which germ layer forms epidermis?

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ectoderm

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6
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what germ layer forms the dermis?

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mesoderm

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7
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what are melanocytes?

A

pigment producing cells

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8
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what cell makes up most of epidermis?

A

keratinocytes

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9
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name cells that you might find in epidermis?

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keratinocytes
melanocytes
langerhans cells
merkel cells

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10
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what are the 4 layers of the epidermis?

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keratin layer
granular layer
prickle cell layer
basal layer

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11
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name a place where keratin layer would be thicker?

A

sole of foot

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12
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what layer does this describe?

2-3 layers
large keratohyalin granules
odland bodies
high lipid content
origin of cornified envelope
cell nuclei lost
A

granular layer

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13
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what layer is water proof?

A

keratin layer

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14
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what do desmosomes do?

A

anchor cells to each other

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15
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what are blaschko’s lines?

A

developmental growth pattern of skin

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16
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what does loss of appendages cause?

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scar tissue

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17
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name some appendages?

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hair
nail
glands
mucosae

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18
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where to melanocytes migrate to and from during first 3 months of foetal development

A

from epidermis to neural crest

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19
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what are the organelles in melanocytes?

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melanosomes

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20
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what does melanin absorb?

A

light

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21
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what is vitilgo?

A

autoimmune disease with loss of melanocytes

22
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what is albinsim?

A

genetic partial loss of pigment production

23
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what is nelson’s syndrome?

A

melanin stimulating hormone is produced in excess by pituitary

24
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what is the function of the langerhans cell?

A

antigen presenting

picks up antigen in skin and circulates it to lymph nodes

25
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what causes merkel cell cancer?

A

viral infection

26
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what are merkel cells?

A

mechanoreceptors

27
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what does anagen mean?

A

growing

28
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what does catagen mean?

A

involuting (going down)

29
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what does telogen mean?

A

resting

30
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what is alopecia?

A

autoimmune hairloss

31
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what makes nails/

A

specialised keratins

32
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what is the dermo-epidermal junction?

A

interface between epidermis and dermis

33
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what gives the epidermis its blood supply?

A

the dermis

34
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what are the main cells in the dermis?

A

fibroblasts

35
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what other cells do you get in the dermis?

A 
fibroblasts
macrophages
mast cells
lymphocytes
langerhans cells
36
Q

localised overgrowth of blood vessels

A

angioma

37
Q

what do pacinian receptors detect?

A

pressure

38
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what do meissners receptors detect?

A

vibration

39
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what do free nerve endings detect?

A

touch and temp

40
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what is neurofibromatosis?

A

overgrowth of nerve endings (thickened)

41
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what do the apocrine glands secrete?

A

odour when you start puberty (in armpit and groin)

42
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what to eccrine glands secrete?

A

sweat

43
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what do sebaceous glands secrete?

A

sebum

44
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what is sebum?

A

body’s natural moisturiser

45
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what can sebum cause?

A

acne

46
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what is toxic epidermal necrolysis?

A

acute skin failure

47
Q

name some functions of the skin?

A 
barrier function
metabolsim and detox
thermoregulation
immune defence
communication skills
sensory skills
48
Q

what happens if skin barrier fails?

A

fluid loss leading to dehydration
protein loss leading to hypoalbuminaemia
infection

49
Q

what happens if skin thermoregulation fails?

A

heat loss leading to hypothermia

50
Q

what happens if the skin immune defence fails?

A

infection

51
Q

is skin metabolically active?

A

yes Vitamin D and thyroid hormone metabolism occurs

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