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What is the largest organ in the body
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Skin
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What are the 6 functions of the skin?
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1. protect from disease and injury
2. prevent dehydration 3. regulates temperature 4. receives stimuli 5. regulates fluids (sweat/waste) 6. selective absorption (gases, vitamins, hormones) |
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stratified squamous epithelium
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20-30 cells thick
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keratin
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dead cells forming epidermis, which waterproofs skin
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eponychium
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cuticle
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lunula
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white crescent shape on nailbed
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desiccation
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drying out
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abrasion
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scrape
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blister
bleb bulla |
blister
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callus
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buildup of epidermis
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cicatrix
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scar
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comedo
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noninflammatory lesion of acne
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contusion
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bruise
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ecchymosis
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bruise
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eschar
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crust forms over burns
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excoriation
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scratch
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furuncle
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boil
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lichenification
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thickening of skin form chronic irritation
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macule
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flat discolored spot - freckle, flat moles, tatoo
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nevus
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birthmark
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papule
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elevated lesion less than 1 cm.
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petechia
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pinpoint red spot
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pruritis
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itching
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psoriatic arthritis
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chronic inflammation of skin and joints
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purpura
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small hemorrhage causing discoloratioin
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pustule
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pus under epidermis (hair or sweat gland)
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telangiectasia
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permanent dilation of blood vessels
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verrucae
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warts
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wheal
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hive
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abscess
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pus deep in tissues
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acne
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inflammation of sebaceous glands
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actinic keratosis
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red/skin colored lesions (may become squamous cell carcinoma)
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alopecia
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baldness
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basil cell carcinoma
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skin cancer
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candidiasis
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infection Candida fungus
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cellulitis
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inflammation of subcutaneous tissues
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dandruff
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dry, scaly scalp
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decubitus ulcer
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bedsore
(decubitus means lying down) |
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dermatitis
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skin inflammation
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atopic dermatitis
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chronic itching (fam history of hayfever and asthma)
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contact dermatitis
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itching after touching something
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nummular dermatitis
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inflamed, coin-shaped, crusted lesions
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stasis dermatitis
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inflammation of skin on legs, with brown color
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dermatofibroma
histiocytoma |
small, red or brown papule - in legs of women after trauma
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eczema
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oozing, weeping, scaling, skin
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erythema
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red skin
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erythema multiforme
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symmetrical, bullous lesions
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erythema nodosum
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red nodules in tibial region
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folliculitis
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inflammation of hair follicles
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gangrene
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necrosis, loss of vascular supply, bacterial infection, putrefication
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putrefaction
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enzymatic decomposition of proteins - foul smell
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hemangioma
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benign vascular tumors
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hidradenitis suppurativa
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recurrent skin disease - boil lesions around hair follicles and sweat glands
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ichthyosis
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dry and scaly skin
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ichthyosis vulgaris
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scaling of extremities and back
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impetigo
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superficial vesiculopustular infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus
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Kaposi sarcoma
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a neoplasm (tumor) with blue-red nodules on lower extremities, which spreads.
(Africa, Central and East Europe) |
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keratoa canthoma
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round, firm, flesh-colored lesion with central crater containing keratinous material
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keloid
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enlarged scar
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melanoma
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malignant tumor in melanocytic system of skin
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mycosis fungoides
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malignant tumors - ichy, erthematous patches that evolve e into plaques, and then tumors
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paronychia
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infection of nail bed
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pediculosis
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lice
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pityriasis rosea
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self-limiting inflammatory disease with scaling lesions
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psoriasis
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chronic, dry, silvery, scaling papules
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pyoderma
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general term for skin condition cause by pus-forming bacteria
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rosacea
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red face
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scabies
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contagious parasitic dermatitis - itching and infection
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spongiosis
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microscopic appearance of sponge
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squamous cell carcinoma
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skin cancer from malpighian cells of epithelium (sun exposed areas)
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steatoma
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mass containing follicular, keratinous, and sebaceous material
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tinea
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ringworm
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tinea capitus
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ringworm on head
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tinea corporis
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ringworm on body
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tinea crurus
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jock itch
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tinea pedis
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athletes foot
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tinea unguium
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ringworm of nails
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toxic epiidermal necrolysis
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life threatening! skin peels of in sheets
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urticaria
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wheals and erythema
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vitiligo
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chronic white patches surrounded by hyperpigmentation
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