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Integumentary System
Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The largest organ in the body is | The skin |
| The 3 layers of the skin | Epidermis, Dermis, and Subcutaneous |
| Thin outer layer | Epidermis |
| The epidermis does what | Waterproof, protects the deeper layers |
| Where is the epidermis thickest | soles and palms |
| What is the base layer of the Epidermis called | Basement Membrane |
| The basement membrane is where ______ ________ cells are produced and pushed upward | new epidermal |
| Layer below the Epidermis | Dermis |
| The dermis consists of | fibrous connective tissue |
| The fibrous connective tissue of the Dermis contains | Elastin and collagen |
| Provides elasticity | Elastin |
| Provides strength | Collagen |
| once collagen is gone it is gone and replaced with | scar tissue |
| what skin layer is Blood supply located | The dermis |
| The layer beneath the dermis | subcutaneous layer |
| Fat is located in what skin layer | Subcutaneous |
| What does the subcutaneous layer do for deeper structures | insulates |
| Accessory structures of the skin are | Sudoriferous glands, Sebaceous glands, hair, and nails |
| what type of gland is a sudoriferous glands | Sweat |
| what type of gland is a sebaceous glands | oil |
| What gland secretes moisture causing evaporation on skin lowering body temperature | Sudoriferous |
| what gland is found at the base of hair follicles through the body | Sebaceous |
| Sebaceous glands secretes | oils (Sebum) |
| Skin protects from | bacteria, microorganisms, UV rays, extreme tempuratures |
| pigment (melanin) producing cells are | melanocytes |
| skin does not allow penetration except for | abrasions, lacerations, punctures |
| Some forms of punctures are | cat/dog bites, thorns, wood, and treated wood |
| what is Increased blood profusion causing edema, and erythema | Inflammatory response to infection |
| targeted circulation | profusion |
| swelling | edema |
| redness | erythema |
| When fighting infection there will be an increase of | leukocytes (WBC's) and Phagocytes (eaters) |
| The skin ____ _______ with specialized sensory receptors | regulates temperature |
| Sensory receptors perceive | cold, heat, pressure and pain |
| sensory receptors that respond to light touch | messiner's corpuscles |
| Sensory receptors that respond to deep pressure | Pacinian corpuscles |
| pain receptors send messages to _____ causing the ______ _______ ______ | CNS, protective reflective response |
| RSD and CRPS are | pain syndromes |
| Blood Vessels ______ to give off less heat in cold to | constrict, conserve for deeper organs |
| Blood vessels _______ to give off more heat in hot and will give off | dilate, flushed appearance |
| Hair protects | the head, nose, ears, eyebrows and eyelashes |
| Hair shaft is | external |
| The follicle contains | the root |
| Hair is made up of | protein - keratin |
| what gives hair its color (decreases as you age) | Melanin |
| Nails protect | fingers and toes |
| Nail root grows over | the nail bed |
| Adip/o | fat |
| resembling fat | Adipoid |
| Lip/o | fat |
| tumor of fat | lipoma |
| cutane/o | skin |
| pertaining to skin | cutaneous |
| Derm/o | skin |
| surgical repair of the skin | dermoplasty |
| dermat/o | skin |
| specialist in the study of the skin | dermatologist |
| cyt/o | cell |
| study of cells | cytology |
| eti/o | cause |
| study of cells | etiology |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| abnormal condition of sweating | hidrosis |
| hydr/o | water |
| water therapy | hydrotherapy |
| idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
| pertaining to an unknown disease | idiopathic |
| kerat/o | keratinized tissue, cornea |
| cutting into or incision of the cornea | keratomy |
| myc/o | fungus |
| abnormal condition of fungus | mycosis |
| necr/o | dead |
| abnormal condition of dead (tissue) | necrosis |
| path/o | disease |
| specialist in the study of disease | pathologist |
| pil/o | hair |
| absence of hair | depilous |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| surgical removal of wrinkles | rhytidectomy |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera |
| abnormal condition of hardening | sclerosis |
| seb/o | sebum |
| flow or discharge of sebum | seborrhea |
| son/o | sound |
| record of sound | sonogram |
| albin/o | white |
| condition of whiteness | albinism |
| leuk/o | white |
| white flow or discharge | leukorrhea |
| chromat/o | color |
| pertaining to color | chromatic |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| abnormal condition of yellowness | cirrhosis |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| yellow skin | xanthoderma |
| cyan/o | blue |
| abnormal condition of blueness | cyanosis |
| erythem/o | red |
| pertaining to redness | erythematous |
| erythr/o | red |
| Red (blood) cell | erythrocyte |
| mean/o | black |
| black tumor | melanoma |
| Biopsy Abbreviation | Bx, bx |
| Decubitus ulcer (pressure ulcer) Abbreviation | Decub |
| dermatology | derm |
| Family History | FH |
| History | Hx |
| Incision and Drainage | I&D |
| Intradermal (Injection) | ID |
| Intravenous | IV |
| Over-the-counter | OTC |
| physical examination | PE |
| subcutaneous | SubQ, Sub-Q |
| symptom(s) | Sx |
| treatment | Tx |
| scraping away of skin or mucus membrane | Abrasion |
| Type of thermal injury to the skin caused by a variety of heat sources, classified according to severity (1st,2nd,3rd) | Burn |
| potentially serious bacterial skin infection marked by pain, redness, edema, warmth, and fever | Cellulistis |
| fluid or solid-containing pouch in or under the skin | cyst |
| area of injury and tissue death caused by unrelieved pressure that impedes circulation in the skin and underlying tissues(aka pressure ulcer or bed sore) | Decubitus ulcer |
| discoloration of the skin, bruise | ecchymosis, contusion |
| inflammatory skin condition marked by red, hot, dry, scaly, cracked, and itchy skin or blisters | Eczema |
| small, crack like break in the skin | Fissure |
| surgical cut in the flesh | Incision |
| cut or tear in the flesh | Laceration |
| chronic, inflammatory skin disorder marked by the development of silvery-white scaly plaques or patches with sharply defined borders and reddened skin beneath. | Psoriasis |
| lesion of the skin or mucous membranes marked by inflammation, necrosis, and sloughing or damaged tissues | ulcer |
| chronic skin disease that results in patchy loss of skin pigment (may affect hair color) | vitiligo |
| In the dermis ____ are located | Capillaries |
| Hair follicles are in | the Dermis |
| Nerves are in what skin layer | Dermis |
| Sweat,oil glands, and sensory receptors are in the ____ | Dermis layer |
| Deeper blood vessels and nerves are in the _____ | subcutaneous layer |
| Lower part of hair folicles ar e in what skin layer | Subcutaneous |
| elastin and collagen is located in what layer of the skin | The subcutaneous |
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