INTEGUMENTARY Flashcards
PARTS OF INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
Skin
Hair
Nails
Largest Organ of the Body that provides protection from the environment.
Skin
3D-view of Skin Structure
Subcutaneous Tissue
Glands
Hairs
Functions of Skin
Perceives touch
Protection against mechanical, chemical, thermal and solar damage
Thin fiber compound of dead keratinal cells.
Hair
Two types of hair.
Vellus
Terminal
Lightly pigmented short hair that’s found on face, arms, stomach and legs.
Vellus
Thin plates of keratinized epidermal cells that cover the end of hands and toes.
Nails
Abnormal Findings
Primary and secondary lesions
Vascular lesions
ABCDE
Birght-red birth mark, because of extra blood vessel and can occur anywhere on the body and no treatment needed because it fades over time.
Hemangioma
Permanent birthmark that is flat that may get darker or bumpy over time; nevus flammus.
Port-white stain
Also known as Spider Nevus or Spider telangiectasia.
Spider (star) Angioma
Small purple or red mark on skin caused by dilated wide blood vessel near surface of skin.
Spider Angioma
Small dark blue to purple slightly elevated papules and are soft and compressible. It is benign commonly found in sun exposed areas and asymptomatic.
Venous Lake
Pinpoint round spots as a result of bleeding cause by injury or straining or more serious conditions and appear in red clusters that’s flat to the touch and do not lose color when you touch them.
Petechiae
Also called blood spots cause of bleeding and it is purple colored spots when blood vessel burst from small going to large and can be found in organs and mucus membranes.
Purpura
Two types of Purpura
Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Non-Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Low platelet and bleeding
Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Normal platelet and bleeding
Non-thrombocytopenic Purpura
Size of Purpura
4mm and 10 mm in diameter
Size of Petechiae
Less than 4mm