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Integumentary System Flashcards

1
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3 layers?

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epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis

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2
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It is involved in _____, vitamin __ production, and protection from _______.

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homeostasis, D, pathogens

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3
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Epithelial cells

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Simple or stratified
Squamous, cuboidal or columnar

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4
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The _______ is the most superficial layer and contains _____
It protects against dehydration, UV radiation, and pathogens

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epidermis, keratinocytes

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5
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Corneum has what cells

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Corneocytes

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6
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The stratum layers (most superficial to deep) are: (use acronym)

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Come Let’s Get Some Beers
Corneum (corneocytes)
Lucidum (dead keratinocytes)
Granulosum (lamellar bodies)
Spinosum (strength)
Basale (UV radiation)

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7
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Lucidum is present where

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Dead keratinocytes

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Granulosum has

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lamellar bodies

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9
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Spinosum is important for what

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Important for strength (desmosomes) and immunity (Langerhans cells)

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10
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Basale

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Hemidesmosomes
UV radiation.
Light touch sensation (Merkel cells) & melanin synthesis (melanocytes) occurs here.

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2 layers of the dermis

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papillary and the reticular dermis

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12
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papillary dermis

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more superficial and thin, high surface area

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13
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the reticular dermis

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deeper and thick, made of dense irregular connective tissue

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14
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What is hair made up of?

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Made of keratin, generated from hair follicles, stands up via erector pili muscles, and offers sun and hypothermia protection.
Only mammals have true hair.

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15
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Sudoriferous glands consist of:

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Eccrine glands and Apocrine glands

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16
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Apocrine glands

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are located at specific sites and secrete into a hair follicle. They produce earwax (ceruminous) or milk (mammary), depending on their location.

17
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Eccrine glands

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(sweat glands) are
located on the entire body surface and are important in thermoregulation.

18
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The hypodermis (subcutaneous layer) is the _____ layer

A

deepest

19
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What is the hypodermis made up of? Main function?

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Larger nerves and blood vessels
Made of loose connective tissue and adipose (fat) tissue
Main function is fat storage

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