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CH. 12
Integumentary System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The integumentary System is the _________? | skin |
| The integumentary system consists of ? | The skin, it's appendages, hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands |
| The skin has what functions? | -covers & protects the body from harmful light rays, drying out, and invasion of microbes -Helps control body temperature -Has receptors that receive stimuli from the environment -Has sweat glands that excrete water and salts |
| what is the epidermis | the thin outer layer of skin |
| what is the dermis? | The thick layer of skin under the epidermis |
| Adipose means ________? | fatty |
| epi- | above or upson |
| pil/o, trich/o | Hair |
| axill/o | armpit |
| ichthy/o | fish (dry, itchy, scaly skin) |
| kerat/o | horny tissue (tissue containing keratin |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| xer/o | dry |
| -static | keeping stationary (not moving) |
| what muscles cause erection of the hairs of the skin in response to a chilly environment, emotional stimulus, or skin irritation | Pilomotor muscles |
| another name for sweat glands is _________ glands. | sebaceous |
| Sebaceous glands produce __________ | Sebum |
| what is sebum? | the oily substance that inhibits growth of bacteria and is responsible for lubrication of the skin |
| A sac that is filled with fluid or semi-solid material is a ______ | Cyst |
| A marble-like solid lesion more than 1 cm wide and deep | Nodule |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| Macules | non-raised colored spots (freckles) |
| Papules | Elevated lesion (mole or wart) |
| Plaques | Elevated and circumscribed patches |
| Bullae | Blisters greater than 1cm filled with clear fluid |
| Vesicles | blisters less than 1 cm, filled with clear fluid. |
| Pustules | Vesicles filled with cloudy fluid or pus |
| Atrophy | Wasting of the epidermis: skin appears thin and transparent |
| Ulcer | Irregularly shaped erosion that extended into the dermis |
| Fissures | Deep linear splits through the epidermis into the dermis |
| Keloid | Excessive overgrowth of unsightly scar tissue |
| Laceration | a torn, jagged wound |
| Incision | a smooth-edged wound produced by a sharp instrument |
| Aseptic | free of pathogenic organisms |
| contusion (bruise) | caused by a blow to the body that does not break the skin |
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klp1997