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25 Cards in this Set
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TACTILE
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RELATING TO THE SENSE OF TOUCH.
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SHAFT
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VISIBLE PART OF HAIR.
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NODULE
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A SMALL NODE WHICH IS SOLID AND IRREGULAR IN FORM.
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CERUMEN
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WAX-LIKE SOFT BROWN SECRETION FOUND IN THE EXTERNAL CANAL OF THE EAR.
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PUSTULE
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AN ELEVATION FILLED WITH PUS.
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STRATUM LUCIDUM
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LAYER ONLY FOUND IN PALMS OR SOLES.
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CYST
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A SAC WHICH CONTAINS ANY FLUID-LIKE SUBSTANCE BESIDES PUS.
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DEMATOLOGY
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A BRANCH OF SCIENCE DEALING WITH THE SKIN, ITS STRUCTURES, FUNCTIONS AND DISEASES.
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SEBUM
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A FATTY, OIL SECRETION OF THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS OF THE SKIN.
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BOILS
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INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION OF THE DERMIS AND AUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE CAUSED BY BACTERIA WHICH ENTER THROUGH HAIR FOLLICLES.
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SEBACEOUS GLANDS
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SECRETE SEBUM TO LUBRICATE THE HAIR.
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STRATUM SPINOSUM
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LAYER OF IRREGULARLY SHAPED CELLS.
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EPIDERMIS
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THE OUTER, NONSENSITIVE, NONVASCULAR LAYER OF SKIN.
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STRATUM CORNEUM
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TOP LAYER WHERE DEAD CELLS CONVERTED INTO KERATIN CONTINUALLY FLAKE OFF.
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HIVES
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SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF RAISED PATCHES WHICH ARE USUALLY REDDER THAN THE SURROUNDING SKIN, OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERE ITCHING, AND USUALLY CAUSED BY ALLERGIC REACTION, INFECTION, OR STRESS.
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INTEGUMENT
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SOMETHING THAT COVERS OR ENCLOSES AS AN ENVELOPING LAYER SUCH AS SKIN OR A MEMBRANE.
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STRATUM GRANULOSUM
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LAYERS WHERE CELLS DIE AND GRANULES ARE PRESENT IN THE CYTOPLASM.
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MELANIN
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THE DARK BROWN OR BLACK PIMENT THAT GIVES COLOR IN HAIR AND SKIN.
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VESICLE
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A BLISTER.
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KERATIN
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AN EXTREMELY TOUCH PROTEIN SUBSTANCE N HAIR, NAILS, AND HORNY TISSUE.
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STRATUM GERMINATIVUM
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BOTTOM LAYER WHERE COLUMNAR SHAPED CELLS UNDERGO MITOSIS CONTINUALLY TO MAKE NEW CELLS AND TO PUSH OLD ONES UPWARD
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POLYP
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A GROWTH EXTENDING INTO THE LUMEN OF A MUCOUS MEMBRANE OR APPEARING ON THE SKIN.
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LUMEN
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THE SPACE WITHIN A TUBE, ARTERY, VEIN OR INTESTINE.
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DECUBITUS ULCERS
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PRESSURE SORES ON THE BODY WHICH ARE FEQUENTLY FOUND ON THE SECRUM, ELBOWS, AND HEELS.
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ACNE
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INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION OF SEBACEOUS GLANDS.
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