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What does skin consist of? |
cutaneous membrane |
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what does the cutaneous membrane consist of? |
dermis and epidermis
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Is the subcutaneous tissue or hypodermis considered skin? |
No |
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What is the subcutaneous tissue or hypodermis made of? |
adipose cells (connective tissue) |
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What are the functions of the integumentary system? |
protection, water retention, sensation, thermoregulation, synthesis of Vitamin D |
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ABOVE |
epi |
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below |
sub |
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below |
hypo |
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cuta |
skin |
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dermis |
skin |
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gen |
create or produce |
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disease |
path |
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strat |
layers |
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lucid |
clear |
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corn |
horn |
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What kind of tissue is the epidermis? |
stratified squamous epithelium |
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what are the three types of epithelial membrane? |
mucous, serous, cutaneous |
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what are the 3 types of serous membranes? |
Pleura, peritoneum, pericardium |
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what is a tissue |
organized collection of cells |
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what are the three parts of the cytoskeleton? |
microtubules, microfilament, intermediate filament |
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what are finger prints? |
Folded friction ridges or epidermal ridges |
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another word for epidermal ridges |
friction ridges (finger prints) |
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Where do the sweat gland ducts open to enhance grip? |
on epidermal ridges |
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Name two main cell types of epidermis |
keratinocytes and melanocytes |
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what are keratinocytes? |
cells that produce keratin a tough, fibrous proten (intermediate filament) |
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is epidermis keratinized? |
yes |
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How is the epidermal water barriar created and by what? |
Keratinocytes produce a lipid substance that extrudes to creat this |
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What is another name for dense regular connective tissue? |
white fibrous |
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Where are melanocytes located? |
only in stratum basale |
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what is melanin in the cell? |
inclusions |
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why is the thickest layer of the dermis on the dorsal trunk? |
because of our evolutionary heritage |
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on top |
superficial |
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little nipple |
papill |
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network |
ret |
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What is a deep vascular layer of ct under epidermis? |
dermis |
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what are the names of the regions in the dermis? |
papillary region and reticular region |
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where is the papillary region? |
just deep to stratum basale |
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what kind of tissue is the papillary region? |
areolar connective tissue |
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where is reticular region? |
deep to the papillary region |
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what tissue is the reticular region? |
dense irregular connective tissue (leather) |
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What is the thickest and toughest skin layer? |
reticular region of the dermis |
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What is the subcutaneous tissue also called |
hypodermis and superficial fascia |
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what is subcutaneous tissue/hypodermis/superficial fascia made of? |
loose connective tissue and lots of adipose connective tissue |
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Name three accessory organs? |
hair, nail, and cutaneous glands |
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why is subcutaneous not an organ? |
because it doesnt have a recognizeable form |
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bandage |
fascia |
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what kind of tissue is hair |
stratified squamous epithelium |
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pilo |
hair |
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stand up |
erect |
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where does hair develop? |
from invaginations of teh epidermis |
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what are invaginations of the epidermis called? |
hair follicle |
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how is hair raised? |
by bands of smooth muscle called piloerector muscle (arrector pili) |
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what muscle raises the hair? |
piloerector muscle (arrector pili) |
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What three types of tissue are hair? |
epithelial, muscle, nervous |
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why are hair and nails all different? |
because of rule #2 ...variation |
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what is the hollow part of a structure |
lumen |
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what are the 3 ways that skin regulates temperature? |
insulation, sweating, and blood supply |
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what kind of tissue is nails? |
stratified squamous epithelium |
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where do nails develop? |
from epidermal ingrowths |
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sweat |
sudo |
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what is sebum? |
oil |
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wax |
cerumi |
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what are three types of cutaneous glands? |
sudoriferous glands, modified sweat glands (ceruminous and mammary glands), and sebaceous glands (oil) |
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what are two types of modified sweat glands? |
ceruminous glands (wax) and mammary glands |
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what is sebum a mix of? |
fats, proteins, and salt |
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what are sebaceous glands connected to? |
hair follicles |
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where is the nucleus located on sebaceous glands? |
in the middle |
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where is the nucleus located in adipose tissue? |
the side of the fat cell |
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is epidermis vascular or avascular? |
avascular |
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is dermis vascular or avascular? |
vascular |
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what are the two capillary networks inside the dermis? |
cutaneous plexus and papillary |
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where is teh cutaneous plexus in dermis? |
deep |
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where is the papillary plexus in the dermis? |
superficial which is important in temperature |
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braid or network |
plexus
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What three pigments produce color in the skin |
melanin, hemoglobin, carotene |
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what is teh color from carotene and where do you get it from |
yellow/orange and from diet |
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what is teh color from hemoglobin and where do you get it from |
red and from erythrocytes |
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what is the color from melanin and where do you get it from? |
black and from melanocytes |
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what is blueness of the skin from a deficiency of oxygen in the circulating blood? |
cyanosis |
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what is an abrnormal redness of the skin |
erythema |
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what causes erythema |
increased blood flow in dilated cutaneous blood vessels or by dermal pooling of red blood cells that have escaped from abnormally permeable capillaries, as in sunburn |
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what is a pae or ashen color that occures when there is so little blood flow through the skin that the shite color of the dermal collage shows through? |
pallor |
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genetic lack of melanin that usually results in white hair and skin and blue gray eyes |
albinism |
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yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes resulting from high levels of bilirubin in the blood, a hemoglobin breakdown product |
jaundice |
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bruise, which is a mass of clotted blood showing through the skin |
hematoma |
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cerum |
wax |
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cells of the ??? are keratinized and dead |
stratum corneum |
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what skin condition would most likely result from liver failure |
jaundice |
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name a scent gland |
an apocrine gland |
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what are the two common word roots that refer to the skin |
dermato- and cutane- |
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what muscle causes a hair to stand on end? |
piloerector muscle (arrector pili) |
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what is the most abundant protein of the epidermis? |
keratin |
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what is the most abundant protein in the dermis? |
collagen |
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what skin conditon causes blueness of teh skin due to low oxygen concentration in the blood? |
cyanosis |
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what are the projections of the dermis toward the epidermis called? |
dermal papillae |
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cerumen is more commonly known as what |
ear wax |