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Integumentary Flashcards

1
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Cells that produce keratin

A

Keratinocytes

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2
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Another name for vitamin C

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Ascorbic acid

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3
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Other name for sweat glands

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Sudoriferous

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4
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Biggest swat glands

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Apocrine

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5
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White cheese-like covering the skin of the fetus in the womb

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Vernix caseosa

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6
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Term for skin

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Cutaneous

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7
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Rarest form of skin

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Melanoma

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8
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Type of membrane that lines all cavities exiting the body

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Mucous

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9
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Least malignant and most common skin cancer

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Basal cell

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10
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Downy covering of delicate hairs on a fetus

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Lanugo

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11
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Percent of 3rd degree burns considered critical

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10%

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12
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Region of dermis with phagocytosis WBCs

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Reticular

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13
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Pigment in skin and hair

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Melanin

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14
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Classification of burn for sunburn

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First degree

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15
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System used to classify the extent of burns

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Rule of 9s

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16
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Risk factor for skin cancer

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UV radiation

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17
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Sweat gland that releases vitamin C

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Eccrine

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18
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Pigments that yellow the skin causing jaundice

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Bile

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19
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Product of sebaceous gland

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Sebum

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20
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Outermost layer of epidermis

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Stratum corneum

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21
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Skin disorder: dry, silver scales

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Psoriasis

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22
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Bruising

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Hematoma

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23
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Receptors sensitive to touch, sound, and contractions

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Mechanoreceptors

24
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Waterproofing process affecting outermost layer of skin

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Keratinization

25
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Red skin

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Erythema

26
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“Goose bumps” muscles

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Arrector pili

27
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Skin cancer that appears most often on scalp, ears, hands, lower lip

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Squamous cell

28
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Athletes foot

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Tinea pedis

29
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Yellowish-orange pigment

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Carotene

30
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Layer of skin containing nerve fibers

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Dermis

31
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Leading cause of death from third degree burns

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Infection

32
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Staph infection from insects

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Impetigo

33
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Cold sore

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Herpes simplex

34
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Layer of skin on hairless egoism of the body

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Stratum lucidum

35
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Pale skin due to anemia

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Pallor

36
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Subcutaneous layer

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Hypodermis

37
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Nipple-like region along epedermis

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Papillae

38
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Bed sores from restricted blood flow

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Decubitus

39
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Drying out

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Desiccation

40
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Least numerous sweat glands; pubic area

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Apocrine

41
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Located all over the body

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Eccrine

42
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Armpit location of apocrine glands

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Axillary

43
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Apocrine glands are not involved in ___

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Thermoregulation

44
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Vitamin C on the skin

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Acid mantle

45
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Upper dermal region; indents into epedermis

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Papillary

46
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Subcutaneous layer

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Hypodermis

47
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White crescent shaped region of the nail

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Lunula

48
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Numerous sweat glands located all over the body

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Eccrine

49
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Pigment deficient when hair turns gray

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Melanin

50
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Fingerlike projections on the superior surface of the dermis

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Papillae

51
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Modified molecule in skin that converts to vitamin D in the presence of UV radiation

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Cholesterol

52
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Layer of skin that represents 75% of epidermis

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stratum corneum

53
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Deepest layer of epedermis

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Stratum basale

54
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Touch receptors in dermis

A

Meissner’s corpuscles

55
Q

Deep pressure touch receptors in dermis

A

Pacifican corpuscles

56
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Ear wax

A

Cerumen

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