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The skin, accesory structures and the subcutaneous tissue make up this system
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Integumentary System
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The skin can be called these two things
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Integument or Cutaneous membrane
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The outer or surface layer of the skin
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Epidermis
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The inner layer of the skin
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Dermis
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The study of skin and skin disorders
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Dermatology
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This layer of the epidermis that lies on tip of the dermis and makes new cells
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Stratum Germinativum
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The tough protein made by epidermal cells as they near the surface of the skin
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Keratin
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The surface layer of epidermal cells is called _________
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Stratum Corneum
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The 500ml/day of water that is lost through the skin each day is called ___________
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Insensible Perspiration
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The layer under the dermis which is not considered part of the skin is called the _________
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subcutaneous layer or hypodermis
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Cells deep within the skin that secrete melanin are called ___________
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Melanocytes
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The skin darkening pigment
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Melanin
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This is the name of the disorder that occurs when the melanocytes completely fail to secrete melanin
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Albinism
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The name of a disorder where there is partial loss of melanin in patches of skin
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Vitiligo
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A yellow pigment of the skin
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Carotene
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A coloration of the skin related to a lack of oxygen
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Cyanosis
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A condition that causes the skin to turn yellow due to lack of bilirubin excretion by the liver
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Jaundice
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These two hormones influence the growth of hair in the axillary and pubic areas
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Testosterone and Estrogen
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The loss of hair is called this
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Alopecia
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Oil glands of the skin are also called ____________
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Sebaceous Glands
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The oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands is called ______
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Sebum
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The sebaceous gland secretion that covers babies when they are born
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Vernix caseosa
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Also called sudoriferous glands, these glands secrete liquid onto the skin
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Sweat glands
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This type of sweat gland is associated with hair follicles and are found in the axillary and genital areas
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Apocrine glands
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These sweat glands are the most numerous and located throughout the body. They are not associated with hair follicles
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Eccrine glands
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These modified sweat glands are found in the external auditory canal of the ear
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Ceruminous glands
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This secretion of the ceruminous glands is also called ear wax
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Cerumen
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A temperature taken from the inner parts of the body is called a ______ temperature.
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Core
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Temperatures taken from the surface areas of the body are called ______ temperatures
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Shell
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The mechanism whereby the body balances heat production and heat loss is called _________
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Thermoregulation
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Heat is lost from a warm object (the body) to the cooler air surrounding the warm object. Ex. a person losing heat to a cooler room
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Radiation
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Heat lost from a warm body to a cooler object in contact with the warm body. Ex. sitting on a block of ice
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Conduction
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Loss of heat by air currents moving over the surface of the skin
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Convection
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Loss of heat when liquid on skin becomes a gas
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Evaporation
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Area of brain that controls body temperature
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Hypothalamus
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A process in which brown addipose tissue is metabolized in a neonate to increase body temperature
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Nonshivering thermogenesis
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A burn that involves only the epidermis
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First-degree burn
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A burn that involves both epidermis and some of the dermis
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Second-degree burn
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A burn that involves all of the epidermis, dermis, and possibly the underlying tissue
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Third-degree burn
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A system that is used to estimate percentage of body surface area burned
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Rule of Nines
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Dead burned tissue that forms a thick, inflexible, scablike layer over the burned surface
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Eschar
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A disorder of the skin in which sebaceous glands oversecrete sebum.
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Acne
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A fungal infection of the skin that affects the webs of the toes, skin of the feet
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Athlete's foot
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A localized collection of pus caused by staphylococcal infection of hair follicles and sebaceous glands
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Boil
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Watery vesicles due to infection with the herpes simplex virus
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Cold sore
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Saclike structure containing fluid or semisolid material with a strong capsule
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Cyst
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Nonspecific inflammation of the skin with erythema, papules, vesicles, scabs or crusts
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Dermatitis
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Inflammatory condition characterized by redness, papular and vesicular lesions, crusts, and scales of the skin
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Eczema
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Red raised patches (wheals) with intense itching often due to allergic reaction
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Hives
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A contagious infection of the skin usually due to staphylococcus bacteria
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Impetigo
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A chronic skin condition characterized by lesions that are red, dry, elevated, and covered by silvery scales
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Psoriasis
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Most agressive form of skin cancer
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Malignant melanoma
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