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Integumentary system |
Skin, the accessory structures, and the subcutaneous tissue |
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Epidermis |
Outer layer of the skin |
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Dermis |
Layer of skin under the epidermis |
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Stratum germinativum |
Epidermal layer that lies atop the dermis and is composed of rapidly dividing cells |
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Stratum corneum |
Surface epidermal layer that is composed of dead and sloughing cells |
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Keratin |
Protein that makes the skin cells water resistant |
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What layer of the skin contains the blood vessels that nourish the stratum germinativum? |
Dermis |
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Exfoliation or desquamation |
Continuous sloughing of the stratum corneum |
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What layer of tissue is called the hypodermis? |
Subcutaneous layer |
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Urticaria |
Hives |
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Melanin |
Skin tanning substance secreted by melanocytes |
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Albinism |
Caused by the failure of melanocytes |
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Cyanosis |
Bluish coloring of the skin and is due to poor oxygenation of the blood |
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Jaundice |
Due to excess bilirubin in the blood, makes skin yellow |
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Ecchymosis |
Trama-induced bruise |
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Causes moles and freckles |
Melanin |
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Hirsutism |
Excessive hairiness, means shagy |
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Alopecia |
Loss of hair |
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Arrector pili |
Dermal muscle that causes "goosebumps " when it contracts |
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Sebaceous glands |
Exocrine glands, called oil glands, secrete sebrum |
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Sudoriferous glands |
Sweat glands |
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Vernix caseousa |
Cream cheese like substance that coats and fetus and a newborn |
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Upon what layer does the dermis lie? |
Subcutaneous |
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What type of glands are the eccrine and apocrine glands? |
Sudoriferous glands |
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What sudoriferous glands are generally associated with hair follicles and located in the gential and axillary areas? |
Apocrine |
Sudoriferous glands |
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Eccrine |
Is a sudoriferous gland that is widely distributed over the skin, and plays an important role in temperature regulation |
Sudoriferous gland |
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Pyrexia |
Fever |
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Hypothalamus |
Thermostat of the body |
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Thermoregulation |
Mechanism whereby the body regulates heat production and heat loss |
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Antiphyretic |
Drug that reduces fever |
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Nonshivering thermogenesis |
Metabolism of brown fat |
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Eschar |
Dead burned tissue that forms a thick, inflexible, scab like layer over the burned surface |
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Ceruminous |
Sweat glands that secrete earwax |
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Mammary glands |
Modified sweat glands that secrete milk |
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