Integumentary System

Question 1

What are the 4 Skin Derivatives

Answer 1

1. Sweat Glands
2. Oil Glands
3. Hairs and hair follicles
4. Nails

Question 2

What are the 6 functions of skin?

Answer 2

1. Chemical, physical & biological protection
2. Body Temperature Regulation
3. Cutaneous Sensation
4. Metabolic functions
5. Blood reservoir
6. Excretion

Question 3

How much skin can hold the body’s total blood volume?

Answer 3

5%

Question 4

What’s the 6 types of damage the skin protects from

Answer 4

1. Mechanical Damage
2. Chemical Damage
3. Baterial Damage
4. Thermal Damage
5. Ultraviolet Radiation
6. Desiccation

Question 5

What type of skin tissue is the epidermis made of?

Answer 5

Stratified Squamous Epithelium with Keratin

Question 6

What are the 5 epidermis layers?

Answer 6

1. Stratum Basale
2. Stratum Spinosum
3. Stratum Granulosum
4. Stratum Lucidum
5. Stratum Corneum

Question 7

What stratum layer is letter A?

Answer 7

Stratum Corneum

Question 8

What stratum layer is letter B?

Answer 8

Stratum Lucidum

Question 9

What Stratum layer is letter D?

Answer 9

Stratum Spinosum

Question 10

What Stratum Layer is letter E?

Answer 10

Stratum Basale

Question 11

What Stratum Layer is letter C?

Answer 11

Stratum Granulosum

Question 12

Where do calluses develop?

Answer 12

Palms of hands and soles of feet

Question 13

What is the type of protein that provides waterproofing and preserves permeability characteristics such as Nicotine Patches

Answer 13

Glycolipids

Question 14

What is the upper layer of skin called?

Answer 14

Epidermis

Question 15

What is the lower, strong, flexible connnective tissue of the skin called?

Answer 15

Dermis

Question 16

What are the two layers of the Dermis called?

Answer 16

1. Papillary Layer
2. Reticular Layer

Question 17

The layer of the dermis that has pain receptors, is a thin, superficial layer of areolar connective tissue and has projections that are for friction ridges and fingerprints

Answer 17

Papillary Layer

Question 18

The layer of the dermis that makes up 80% of the dermis, has blood vessels, sweat glands

Answer 18

Reticular Layer

Question 19

What does the reticular layer of the dermis have?

Answer 19

Blood vessels, glands, nerve receptors and eleastic fibers

Question 20

What is the gland that produces oil, softens and lubricates hair and skin and are activated at puberty

Answer 20

Subaceous Glands

Question 21

What is the type of sweat gland that dissipates excess heat through evaporative cooling?

Answer 21

Eccrine Gland

Question 22

What is the sweat gland that is in the armpits & pubic area that ducts emptu into hair follicles and is activated by strees, pain & sexual excitement and NOT by temperture

Answer 22

Apocrine Gland

Question 23

What is the modified sweat gland that is found in the lining of the external ear canal

Answer 23

Ceruminous gland

Question 24

Where on the skin is hair not on?

Answer 24

Soles, Lips, & Nipples

Question 25

What 3 parts make up the hair

Answer 25

1. Bulb 2. Root 3. Shaft

Question 26

What type of cells create hair

Answer 26

Stratum basale cells

Question 27

What structure of the nail is crescent shaped vascular area that is proximal end of the nail bed and visible. Made to check oxygen status for patients?

Answer 27

Lunule

Question 28

What are fluid-filled pockets between the epidermis & dermis

Answer 28

Blisters

Question 29

How are Decubitus ulcers "bed sores" made

Answer 29

Blood supply restricted O2 is reduced Necrosis (Tissue death) Areas of high risk are least padded

Question 30

What is tissue damage by heat, electricty, UV radiation, or chemicals

Answer 30

Burns

Question 31

What are the 4 catastrophic losses of body fluids that result from burns

Answer 31

1. Dehydration 2. Electrolyte imbalance 3. Renal Failure 4. Ciculatory shock

Question 32

What is the infection that is the leading cause of death in burn victims

Answer 32

Sepsis

Question 33

What is the degree burn that only damages the epidermis, results in redness, pain, and swelling, and usually heals in 2-3 days.

Answer 33

1st Degree

Question 34

What is the degree burn that damages the epidermis and dermis, has redness, pain,and inflammations but also bilstering, and requires 3-4 weeks to heal?

Answer 34

2nd Degree

Question 35

What is the degree burn that does total tissue destructure of the epidermis, dermis, and even hypodermis, tissues become discolored but doesn't have pain due to nerve endings burnt off, and requires skin graft

Answer 35

3rd Degree

Question 36

What are the 3 most common skin cancer types

Answer 36

1. Basal Cell Carcinoma 2. Squamous Cell Carcinoma 3. Malignant melanoma

Question 37

What is the skin cancer that is the most common type

Answer 37

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Question 38

What is the skin cancer that results in a scaly reddened papule that occurs on the head, ears, lower lip and hands

Answer 38

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Question 39

What is the skin cancer that appears spontaneously about 1/3 from preexisting moles

Answer 39

Malignat Melanoma

Question 40

What is the ABCD(E) rule detection for cancer?

Answer 40

A. Asymmetry B. Irregular Border C. Color D. Larger than 6mm in diameter E. Elevation above the skin surface and evolution