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Module 2d - A&P
Intruduction to the Human Body
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skin color | determined by many factors: some genetic, some physiological, and some due to disease |
| melanocytes | deep in the epidermal layer are cells that excrete melanin |
| melanin | stains the surrounding cells, causing them to darken the more melanin secreted the darker the skin color |
| albinism | melanocytes completely fail to secret melanin |
| vitiligo | this conditioninvolves loss of pigment (melanin) in certain areas of the skin causing white patches |
| freckles and moles | examples of melanin concentrating in one area |
| melanoma | mole that changes forming a malignant melanoma |
| carotene | yellow pigment, usually hidden my effects of melanin |
| cyanosis | poorly oxygenated blood |
| jaundiced | liver disease caused a person unable to excrete a pigment called bilirubin that is then deposited in the skin |
| ecchymosis | black and blue area; where blood has escaped blood vessels and clotted under the skin |