The Integumentary System Flashcards
alopecia
Baldness
apocrine
referring to a gland that releases some cellular material along with its secretions sent glands. Around eyelashes armpits, groin nipples
arrector pili
muscle attached to a hair follicle that raises the hair. Smooth muscle
cerumen/ceruminous
Earwax
cicatrix
scar
cyanosis
Bluish discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from insufficient oxygen in the blood
dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin
dermis
True skin, deeper part of the skin
eccrine
referring to the sweat glands that regulate boy temperature and vent sweat directly to the surface of the skin through a pore
epidermis
outermost layer of the skin
erythema
redness of the skin
exfoliation
loss of cells from the surface of tissue, such as the skin
hair follicle
sheath that encloses the hair
integumentary system
The skin and all its associated structures
jaundice
Yellowish skin discolouration that is usually due to the presence of excess bilirubin in the blood
keloid
mass or raised area that results from excess production of scar tissue
karatin
protein that thickens and protects the skin; makes up hair and nails
lesion
Wound or local injury
melanin
Dark pigment found in the skin, hair, parts of the eye, and certain parts of the brain
melanocyte
cell that produces melanin
scar
fibrous connective tissue that replaces normal tissue that was destroyed by injury or disease; cicatrix
sebaceous gland
Gland under the skin
sebum/sebaceous
oily secretion that lubricates the skin
stratum basale
deepest layer of the epidermis; layer that produces new epidermal cells
