Integumentary Flashcards
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Cells that produce keratin
Keratinocytes
Another name for vitamin C
Ascorbic acid
Other name for sweat glands
Sudoriferous
Biggest swat glands
Apocrine
White cheese-like covering the skin of the fetus in the womb
Vernix caseosa
Term for skin
Cutaneous
Rarest form of skin
Melanoma
Type of membrane that lines all cavities exiting the body
Mucous
Least malignant and most common skin cancer
Basal cell
Downy covering of delicate hairs on a fetus
Lanugo
Percent of 3rd degree burns considered critical
10%
Region of dermis with phagocytosis WBCs
Reticular
Pigment in skin and hair
Melanin
Classification of burn for sunburn
First degree
System used to classify the extent of burns
Rule of 9s
Risk factor for skin cancer
UV radiation
Sweat gland that releases vitamin C
Eccrine
Pigments that yellow the skin causing jaundice
Bile
Product of sebaceous gland
Sebum
Outermost layer of epidermis
Stratum corneum
Skin disorder: dry, silver scales
Psoriasis
Bruising
Hematoma
Receptors sensitive to touch, sound, and contractions
Mechanoreceptors
Waterproofing process affecting outermost layer of skin
Keratinization