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What is the integumentary system composed of

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Skin and its accessory structures

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What are the accessory structures of the skin

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Hair,nails and glands

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What are the functions of the subcutaneous layer of tissue

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Bind the dermis to underlying structures , stores fats , insulates and cushions the body , and regulates temperature

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In the basal layer , what specialized cells protect the skin from damaging effects of the sun

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Melanocytes

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What accessory organs produce oil

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Sebaceous glands

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Cutane/o,derm/o

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Skin

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Seb/o

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Sebum, sebaceous

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Pil/o,trich/o

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Hair

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Sudor/o

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Sweat

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Adip/o,lip/o,steat/o

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Fat

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Arteriol/o

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Arteriole

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Ichthy/o

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Dry,scaly

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Kerat/o

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Horny tissue

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Xer/o,ichthy/o

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Dry

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Scler/o

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Hardening , sclera

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An/hidr/osis

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Abnormal condition without sweat

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Cry/o/therapy

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Treatment with cold

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Derm/oid

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Resembling skin

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Sub/cutane/ous

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Pertaining to under the skin

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Sudor/esis

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Condition of sweat

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Onych/o/malacia

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Softening of a nail

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Xer/o/derma

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Skin that is dry

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Homo/graft
Transplantation of the same species
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Py/o/derma
Skin with pus
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Seb/o/rrhea
Discharge or flow of sebum
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Ichthy/osis
Abnormal condition of dry skin
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Basal cell carcinoma
Flesh colored or brown and most common type of cancer
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Metastasis
Spread of cancer form one part of the body to another site
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Benign
Non cancerous
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Malignant
Cancerous
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Abscess
Localized collection of pus at the infection site
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Furuncle
Abscess in hair follicle and adherent subcutaneous tissue
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Carbuncle
Several furuncles developing in adjoining hair follicles with multiple drainage sinuses
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Erythema
Reddening of the skin
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Bacterium
Causes furuncles
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Psoriasis
Chronic, noninfectious inflammatory skin disease
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Hyperkeratosis
Overgrowth of horny later on epidermis
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Acne vulgaris
Common inflammatory skin disease of the sebaceous glands and their hair follicles
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Comedos
Blackheads and whiteheads
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Scabies
Contagious skin disease that is the result of infestation by the itch mite
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Impetigo
Common contagious superficial skin infection marked by fluid like blister
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Vesicle
Small fluid filled blister
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Bulla
Large fluid filled blister
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Alopecia
Absence or loss of hair , especially of the head
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Debridement
Removal of nevroyized tissue from traumatic or infected area by surgical excision,enzymes or chemical agents
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Diaphoresis
Medical condition in which a person sweats excessively and unpredictably even when the temperature is cool or when the individual is at rest
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Hirsutism
Excessive growth of hair in unusual places
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Mohs surgery
Removal of thin layers of skin cancer
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Catch or prick skin test
Identification of suspected allergens via placement of small quantity of dustless allergy on a lightly scratched area of the skin
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Intradermal allergy skin test
Indemnification of suspected allergens via subcutaneous injection of small amounts of extracts of the suspected allergens and observation of the skin for subsequent reaction
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Biopsy
Tissue sample removed from body for microscopic examination
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Derma/tone
Instrument to cut skin
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Intra/derm/al
Pertaining to within the skin
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Dermat/o/logy
Study of the skin

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