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Chapter Five: Integumentary System Flashcards

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What are the four structures that are part of the Integumentary System?

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  1. Skin
  2. Hair
  3. Nails
  4. Glands
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What are the five main functions of the Integumentary System?

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  1. Protection
  2. Sensation
  3. Temperature Regulation
  4. Vitamin D production
  5. Excretion
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The superficial layer of epithelial tissue is…

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The Epidermis

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The deep layer of connective tissue is…

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The Dermis

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What layer of the skin relates with structural strength and is connected to the epidermis by the basement membrane?

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Dermis

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What part of the skin is loose connective tissue that connects skin to underlying structures?

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Subcutaneous Tissue/Hypodermis

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The epidermis is avascular, nourished by diffusion from capillaries of the ______________ layer of the dermis

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Papillary Layer

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The epidermis is composed of cells that are arranged into different layers called…

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Strata

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The epidermis is separated from the dermis by the…

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Basement Membrane

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What type of molecules in the basement membrane attach the epidermis to the dermis?

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Adhesion Molecules

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What type of cell produces the fibrous protein Keratin?

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Keratinocytes

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Majority of cells in the epidermis are….

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Keratinocytes

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What type of cell produces melanin to protect against UV light and contributes to skin color?

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Melanocytes

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What type of cells resident macrophages that assist in immunity?

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Langerhans Cells

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What type of cells relate to touch receptors?

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Merkel Cells

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The process by which cells move outward through the layers of the epidermis

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Keratinization

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In keratinization: as they migrate to the surface, they fill with _______, _______, and become a layer that resists abrasion and forms a _____________ ________

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Keratin
Die
Permeability Layer

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What skin disease is caused by a malfunction in keratinization?

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Psoriasis

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Skin cells in Psoriasis are replaces every ________ days rather than the usual __________ days

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3-5
20-30

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What type of Epidermal Strata?
- deepest portion of epidermis
- single layer of highly mitotic stem cells
- merkel cells and melanocytes are also located in this layer
- hemidesmosomes anchor cells to basement membrane

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Stratum Germinativum

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What type of Epidermal Strata?
- limited cell division
- desmosomes break and reform
- lamellar bodies and keratin accumulate

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Stratum Spinosum

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lipid-filled organelles

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Lamellar Bodies

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What type of Epidermal Strata?
- contains protein granules of keratohyalin
- lamellar bodies release lipid contents to form a water-proof barrier
- in superficial layers nucleus and other organelles degenerate and cell dies

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Stratum Granulosum

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Promotes aggregation and cross-linking of keratin fibers

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Keratohyalin

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What type of Epidermal Strata? - thin, clear zone found only in thick skin
Stratum Lucidum
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What type of Epidermal Strata? - 25-30 layers of dead flattened cells - most superficial and consists of cornified cells - desmosomes eventually break and cells are sloughed off the surface
Stratum Corneum
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Dead cells with a hard protein envelope; filled with Keratin
Cornified Cells
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What type of skin? - has all 5 epithelial strata - found in areas subject to pressure or friction - fingerprints and footprints; epidermal ridges interlock with dermal papillae
Thick Skin
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What type of skin? - Lacks Stratum Lucidum - Covers rest of body - More flexible than thick skin - Hair grows here
Thin Skin
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Skin color is determined by these 3 factors:
1. Pigments 2. Dermal blood circulation 3. Thickness of Stratum Corneum
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What are the two pigments that relate to skin color?
Melanin and Carotene
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Yellow pigment that comes from vegetables
Carotene
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This pigment provides for protection against UV light, is a group of chemicals derived from tyrosine, and colored brown to black, may be yellowish or reddish
Melanin
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These cells have processes that extend between keratinocytes - there are the same number of these cells in all people, the activity of these cells is what determines skin color
Melanocytes
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Imparts reddish hue and increases during blushing, anger, and inflammation is caused by…
Blood Circulation through skin
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Thicker areas being yellowish is caused by…
Thickness of Stratum Corneum
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What skin pathology: redness due to inflammation
Erythema
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What skin pathology: blue skin due to lack of oxygen
Cyanosis
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What skin pathology: yellow skin due to presence of toxins in the blood
Jaundice
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What skin pathology: genetic mutation that causes a deficiency or absence of pigment
Albinism
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What type of Skin Cancer? - most common type of skin cancer - affects cells in the Stratum Basale
Basal Cell Carcinoma
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What type of Skin Cancer? - affects cells in the Stratum Spinosum?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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What type of Skin Cancer? - arise form melanocytes - most deadly type of skin cancer
Melanoma
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The Dermis provides structural __________
strength
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The dermis provides structural strength through connective tissue with these three things:
1. Fibers 2. Fibroblasts 3. Macrophages
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What layer of the skin contains nerves, blood vessels, hair follicles, smooth muscles, glands, and lymphatic vessels?
Dermis
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What layer of the skin has sensory functions: pain, itch, tickle, temperature, touch, pressure, two-point discrimination?
Dermis
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What are the two layers of the Dermis?
Papillary and Reticular
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What layer of the Dermis? - areolar tissue with lots of elastic fibers - dermal papillae, capillary beds - touch receptors (Meissner), free nerve endings sensing pain
Papillary
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What layer of the Dermis? - dense irregular connective tissue - collagen and elastic fibers - some adipose, hair follicles, nerves, oil glands, ducts of sweat glands, heat sensors
Reticular
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What type of tissue? - deep to skin - consists of loose connective tissue with collagen and elastic fibers - contains adipocytes - Also known as: Hypodermis or Superficial Fascia
Subcutaneous Tissue
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What are the three functions of Subcutaneous Tissue?
- Energy Source - Insulation - Padding
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What type of hair is long and course?
Terminal Hair
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What type of hair is short and fine?
Vellus Hair
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The hair shaft ________ above skin surface
protrudes
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Root of hair is located below surface; base of root is called the…
Hair Bulb
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What are the three layers of the hair shaft?
1. Medulla 2. Cortex 3. Cuticle
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What layer of the hair shaft is the central axis?
Medulla
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What layer of the hair shaft forms the bulk of hair?
Cortex
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What layer of the hair shaft forms the hair surface?
Cuticle
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What part of the hair follicle is part of the dermis that surrounds the epithelial root sheath?
Dermal Root Sheath
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What part of the hair follicle has both internal and external parts?
Epithelial Root Sheath
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What part of Epithelial Root Sheath? - contains all epithelial parts near surface and fewer closer to the bulb
External Part
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What part of Epithelial Root Sheath? - contains stratum basale that may remain after injury and supply a source of new epidermis
Internal Part
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What part of the hair structure? - internal matrix is source of hair - dermis projects into bulb and is blood supply
Hair Bulb
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What are the two hair cycles?
Growth and Rest Cycles
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What type of hair cycle? - cells added at base and hair elongates; average rate is 0.3 mm/day
Growth Cycle
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What type of hair cycle? - follicle shortens and holds hair in place; after resting period, hair falls out of follicle
Rest Cycle
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Regular hair loss means hair is being…
replaced
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Permanent hair loss =
pattern baldness
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Hair color is caused by varying amounts and types of….
Melanin
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The arrest or pili muscle is what kind of muscle tissue?
Smooth muscle tissue
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Muscle contraction of the arrector pili muscle causes hair to…
stand up
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The skin is pushed up by movement of the…
hair follicle
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What type of gland? - oily secretion - prevents drying of skin and may inhibit bacteria - most empty into hair follicle
Sebaceous Glands
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What are the two types of Sudoriferous Glands?
Eccrine and Apocrine
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What type of Sudoriferous Gland? - open directly onto surface of skin through individual pores - numerous in palms and soles - aid in temperature regulation
Eccrine Glands
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What type of Sudoriferous Gland? - active at puberty - usually open into hair follicles superficial to sebaceous gland opening - secrete compounds that are odorless but may become odiferous when acted upon by bacteria - numerous in locations such as the axillae
Apocrine Glands
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What type of gland? modified merocrine sweat gland - located in external auditory meatus - earwax (cerumen): composed of a combination of sebum and secretion from ceremonious glands - function - in combination with hairs, prevent dirt and insects from entry
Ceruminous glands
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What type of gland? modified apocrine sweat glands (breasts)
Mammary Glands
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The nail body is stratum…
Corneum
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_____________ or cuticle is corneum superficial to nail body, _____________ is corneum beneath the free edge
Eponychium Hyponychium
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What two things are cells that give rise to the nail?
Matrix and Nail Bed
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What is the visible portion of the nail bed and matrix (white part)?
Lunula
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the nail base beneath the skin
Nail Root
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Fingernails grow faster than toenails at a rate of…
0.5-1.2 mm/day
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Where are Merkel Cells located?
Epidermis
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Where are meissner corpuscles located?
Dermal Papillae
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During temperature regulation, ______ in the dermis change diameter
Arterioles
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a result of temperature regulation: blood vessels constrict to reduce heat loss
Frostbite
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Where does Vitamin D production begin?
The skin
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Where is Vitamin D produced?
The kidneys
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Vitamin D production aids in ______ absorption
Ca2+
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What 4 Dietary Sources can increase Vitamin D production?
1. Dairy 2. Liver 3. Egg Yolks 4. Supplements
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What are the three skin grafts?
1. Split Skin 2. Artificial Skin 3. Cadavers or Pigs
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Epidermis and part of dermis removed from another part of the body is what kind of graft?
Split Skin Graft
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What kind of graft? - piece of healthy skin is removed from burn victim and growth is stimulated
Laboratory-grown skin

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