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49 Cards in this Set
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Adipocyte |
Fat cell |
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Albino |
Person with skin deficient in melanin |
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Apocrine sweat gland |
Exorcrine gland located at the axilla and genitals. Responsible for body odor |
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Basal layer |
Deepest region of the epidermis. It gives rise to all epidermal cells |
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Collagen |
Structural protien found in the skin and connective tissue |
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Cuticle |
Band of epidermis at the base sides of the nail plate |
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Dermis |
Middle layer of the skin |
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Eccrine sweat gland |
Most numerous sweat gland sweat producing exorcrine gland in the skin |
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Epidermis |
Outermost layer of skin |
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Epithelium |
Layer of skin cells forming the outer and inner surfaces of the body |
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Hair folicle |
Sac that each hair grows in |
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Integumentary system |
The skin and it's accessory structures hair and nails |
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Keratin |
Hard protien material found in the epidermis, hair and nails |
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Lunula |
The half moon shaped white base area of a nail |
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Melanin |
Skin pigment |
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Paronychium |
Soft tissue surrounding the nail border |
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Pore |
Tiny opening on the surface of the skin |
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Sebaceous gland |
Oil secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles |
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Sebum |
Oily substance secreted by the sebaceous gland |
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Squamous epithelium |
Flat scale like cells composing the epidermis |
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Stratified |
Arranged in layers |
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Stratum (strata plural) |
A layer (of cells) |
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Stratum corneum |
Outermost layer of epidermis that consists of fattened keratinized cells |
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Subcutaneous layer |
Innermost layer of the skin containing fat tissue |
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Adip/o |
Fat |
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Albin/o |
White |
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Caus/o |
Burn, burning |
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Cauter/o |
Heat, burn |
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Cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
Skin |
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Diaphor/o |
Profuse sweating |
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Erythem/o, erythemat/o |
Redness |
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Hidr/o |
Sweat |
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Ichthy/o |
Dry, scaly |
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Kerat/o |
Hard |
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Lip/o |
Fat |
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Melan/o |
Black |
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Myc/o |
Fungus |
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Onych/o |
Nail |
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Phyt/o |
Plant |
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Pil/o |
Hair folicle |
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Py/o |
Pus |
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Rhytid/o |
Wrinkle |
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Seb/o |
Sebum |
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Squam/o |
Scale like |
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Steat/o |
Fat |
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Trich/o |
Hair |
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Ungu/o |
Nail |
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Xanth/o |
Yellow |
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Xer/o |
Dry |
