The Integumentary System Flashcards

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The system responsible for temperature regulation, protection of the body, housing of sensory receptors, and the secretion of some fluids containing waste products to be excreted.

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The Integumentary System

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2
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the largest organ of the human body

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Skin

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3
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Adipose

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Fatty (relating to fat).

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4
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Alopecia

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Baldness (lack of hair in spots).

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A major protein substance that is tough, flexible and has high tensile strength.

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Collagen

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Process of excretion of fluids by the sweat glands (sweating).

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Diaphoresis

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7
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The outer portion of the skin.

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Epidermis

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A layer of skin that is beneath the epidermis containing blood vessels, nerves, and some glands

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Dermis

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9
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A tube-like sac in the dermis out of which hair shaft

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Hair follicle

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10
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Skin and all elements that are within it or arise from it.

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Integument

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A hard protein that is found in hair and nails.

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Keratin

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A pigment produced by melanocytes and determines skin, hair, and eye color.

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Melanin

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13
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Dermat(o)

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Skin

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14
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Lip(o)

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fatty

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15
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Steat(o)

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Fat

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Melan(o)

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Black, very dark

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Xer(o)

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Pil(o)

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Trich(o)

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Seb(o)

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Sebum, sebaceous glands
غدد دھنیة

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Xanth(o)

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Myc(o)

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Hidr(o)

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Sweat, sweat glands
غدة عَرَقیة

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Pertaining to upon the skin (the outer, protective, non-vascular layer of the skin that protects the dermis

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Kerat(o)
A “horny” tissue نسيج قرني
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prefix relating to the skin.
Cutaneous
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Prefix mean being, living, occurring, or pertaining to under the skin
Subcutaneous
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Prefix pertaining to upon the skin
Epidermal
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Prefix mean layer of the skin that protects the dermis
Epidermal
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Prefix pertaining to the skin\ dermis layer (the middle layer of the skin).
Dermal
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Prefix relating to under the skin Prefix mean layer which is the inner layer of the skin
Hypodermic
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Prefix pertaining to within, or between the skin layers
Intradermal
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Prefix relating to, or pertaining to the nail.
Ungual