Integumentary Flashcards

(56 cards)

1
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Cells that produce keratin

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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

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Red skin
Erythema
26
“Goose bumps” muscles
Arrector pili
27
Skin cancer that appears most often on scalp, ears, hands, lower lip
Squamous cell
28
Athletes foot
Tinea pedis
29
Yellowish-orange pigment
Carotene
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Layer of skin containing nerve fibers
Dermis
31
Leading cause of death from third degree burns
Infection
32
Staph infection from insects
Impetigo
33
Cold sore
Herpes simplex
34
Layer of skin on hairless egoism of the body
Stratum lucidum
35
Pale skin due to anemia
Pallor
36
Subcutaneous layer
Hypodermis
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Nipple-like region along epedermis
Papillae
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Bed sores from restricted blood flow
Decubitus
39
Drying out
Desiccation
40
Least numerous sweat glands; pubic area
Apocrine
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Located all over the body
Eccrine
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Armpit location of apocrine glands
Axillary
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Apocrine glands are not involved in ___
Thermoregulation
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Vitamin C on the skin
Acid mantle
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Upper dermal region; indents into epedermis
Papillary
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Subcutaneous layer
Hypodermis
47
White crescent shaped region of the nail
Lunula
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Numerous sweat glands located all over the body
Eccrine
49
Pigment deficient when hair turns gray
Melanin
50
Fingerlike projections on the superior surface of the dermis
Papillae
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Modified molecule in skin that converts to vitamin D in the presence of UV radiation
Cholesterol
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Layer of skin that represents 75% of epidermis
stratum corneum
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Deepest layer of epedermis
Stratum basale
54
Touch receptors in dermis
Meissner’s corpuscles
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Deep pressure touch receptors in dermis
Pacifican corpuscles
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Ear wax
Cerumen