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VIII - Skin Flashcards

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Outermost layer of integument, stratified squamous epithelial layer of ectodermal origin, devoid of blood vessels and consists of 4-5 layers

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epidermis

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Connective tissue layer of mesodermal origin below the epidermis and its basement membrane

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dermis

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Dermis: loose, comparatively cell-rich connective tissue, fills the hollows at the deep surface (dermal papillae) of the epidermis, capillaries are frequent, collagen fibers are finer

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papillary layer

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Dermis: appears denser and contains fewer cells, thick collagen fibers that aggregate into bundles

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reticular layer

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Layer of loose vascular connective tissue infiltrated by adipocytes

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hypodermis

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Skin: production of keratin protein, squamous epithelial cells

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keratinocyte

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Skin: important in formation of endogenous sunscreen, sound in basal layer and in hair follicles

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melanocyte

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Skin: epidermal dendritic cells, antigen presenting cells

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Langerhan cells

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Skin: serve as mechanoreceptors or a neuroendocrine function

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Merkel cells

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10
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Disorder in which melanocytes are destroyed, autoimmune

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Vitiligo

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Disorder in which melanocytes are unable to synthesize melanin either due to abscence of tyrosinase activity or inability to take up tyrosine

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Albinism

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Skin Layers from most superficial

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corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, basale

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Skin Layers: superficial stratum layer consisting of 20-30 layers of dead, flat, anucleated and cornified/keratinized cells filled with keratin filaments (horny cells) embedded in a densematrix of proteins

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Stratum Corneum

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Skin Layers: spaces between cells are filled with lipids making a continuous membrane, protects against friction and water loss

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Stratum Corneum

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Skin Layers: 2-3 layers of transitional cells of flat eosinophilic anucleated cells, only found in regions of thick stratum corneum of palms and soles

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Stratum Lucidum

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Skin Layers: polygonal cells filled with basophilic keratohyaline granules, only 1 layer is seen in thin skin, multiple in thick skin

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Stratum Granulosum

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Part of stratum granulosum that produces a lipid-rich impermeable layer around cells

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lamellar granules

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Skin Layers: multilaminar layer of cuboidal-like cells that are bound together by numerous desmosomal junctions

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Stratum Spinosum

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Antigen presenting cells in stratum spinosum, contains Birbeck granules

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Langerhan cells

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Single layer of cuboidal to low columnar cells in contact with basement membrane, attached to the basal lamina via hemidesmosomes, mitotically active

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Stratum Basale (Germinatum)

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Cells in the stratum basale with intense mitotic activity

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melanocytes, Merkel cells

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Sensory Recetor Capsule: Merkel cells

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unencapsulated

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Sensory Recetor Capsule: free nerve endings

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unencapsulated

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Sensory Recetor Capsule: root hair plexuses

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unencapsulated

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Sensory Recetor Capsule: Meissner corpuscles

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encapsulated

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Sensory Recetor Capsule: lamellated (Pacinian) corpuscles

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encapsulated

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Sensory Recetor Capsule: Krause end bulbs

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encapsulated

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Sensory Recetor Capsule: Ruffini corpuscles

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encapsulated

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Simple branched acinar holocrine grands, found in the dermis except in the palms and soles, lubricate hair and cornified layers of the skin to minimize dessication

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sebaceous glands

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Sebaceous Glands: hairy areas

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pilosebaceous unit

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Sebaceous Glands: glabrous skin

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sweat pores

32
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Sudoriferous Glands

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Sweat Glands

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Sweat Glands: coiled tubular glands, in most areas of the skin, opens in skin surface, clear, odorless (H2O, NaCl), active throughout life, body temperature regulation (cholinergic), emotional sweating (adrenergic)

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eccrine, merocrine

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Sweat Glands: coiled tubular glands, axillary, areolar, anal, hair follicles, viscous, odorous, active at puberty, pheromones (adrenergic)

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apocrine

35
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When apocrine sweat or sebaceous glands are occluded and infected

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Hidradenitis Suppurativa

36
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Abnormal aggregation of cells that may be seen in squamous cell CA

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keratin pearls

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