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The Integumentary System Flashcards

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alopecia

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Baldness

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apocrine

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referring to a gland that releases some cellular material along with its secretions sent glands. Around eyelashes armpits, groin nipples

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arrector pili

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muscle attached to a hair follicle that raises the hair. Smooth muscle

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cerumen/ceruminous

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Earwax

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cicatrix

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scar

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cyanosis

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Bluish discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from insufficient oxygen in the blood

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dermatitis

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Inflammation of the skin

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dermis

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True skin, deeper part of the skin

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eccrine

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referring to the sweat glands that regulate boy temperature and vent sweat directly to the surface of the skin through a pore

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epidermis

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outermost layer of the skin

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erythema

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redness of the skin

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exfoliation

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loss of cells from the surface of tissue, such as the skin

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hair follicle

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sheath that encloses the hair

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integumentary system

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The skin and all its associated structures

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jaundice

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Yellowish skin discolouration that is usually due to the presence of excess bilirubin in the blood

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keloid

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mass or raised area that results from excess production of scar tissue

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karatin

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protein that thickens and protects the skin; makes up hair and nails

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lesion

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Wound or local injury

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melanin

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Dark pigment found in the skin, hair, parts of the eye, and certain parts of the brain

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melanocyte

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cell that produces melanin

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scar

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fibrous connective tissue that replaces normal tissue that was destroyed by injury or disease; cicatrix

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sebaceous gland

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Gland under the skin

23
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sebum/sebaceous

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oily secretion that lubricates the skin

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stratum basale

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deepest layer of the epidermis; layer that produces new epidermal cells

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subcutaneous layer

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Under the skin

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sweat gland

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skin gland that produces perspiration; sudoriferous gland

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