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Integumentary system contains what?   skin, hair, nails, sebaceous glands, sweat glands  
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The skin is alsso called what?   integument, cutaneous membrane  
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How much does the skin in an adult why? (approximately)   20 pounds  
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What do the sweat glands do?   assist body in maintaing internal temperature  
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What do the sebaceous glands do?   produce sebum, lubricate skin surface  
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The skin consists of what?   Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous layer  
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What is the epidermis?   Thin, outer membrane layer of skin  
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What is the Dermis?   middle, fibrous connective tissue layer  
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What is the Subcutaneous layer?   innermost layer of fatty tissue  
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What is the deepest layer of the Epidermis?   Basal layer  
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Describe the function of the basal layer.   cells continuously grow and push old cells toward surface, during this process dead cells fill with keratin  
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What is Keratin?   fibrous protein  
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What are Melanocytes?   cells in basal layer, produce black pigment known as melanin, give skin color, protects against ultraviolet rays of sun  
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What is another name for the Dermis?   corium  
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What is the dermis composed of?   connective tusse and collagen fibers  
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What is another name for the subcutaneous layer?   hypodermis  
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Hair consists of what?   hair folicle, hair root, hair shaft, arrector pili muscle  
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what gives hair its color?   melanin  
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Describe function of sebaceous glands   open into hair folicles, secrete the oil sebum, which lubricates ahri and skin and prevents cracking and drying  
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What is another name for the sweat glands?   sudorifeous glands  
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What is the apocrine gland?   foundin pubic and under arm area, produces thick swear that can smell  
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word for inflammation of the skin   dermatitis  
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name for skin specialist   dermatologist  
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word for abnormal condition of no sweat   anhidrosis  
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name for black tumor   melanoma  
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word for abnormal condition of death   necrosis  
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word for red skin   erythroderma  
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word for pus skin   pyoderma  
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name for injury caused by a blow that causes swelling, pain and bruising   contusion  
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word for bluish tink to skin caused by deoxygenated blood   cyanosis  
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word for blood collecting under skin following blunt trama   eccymosis (bruise)  
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word for red flushing of skin   erythema  
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word for excessive hair growth   hirsutism  
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word for thick hypertrophic scar   keloid  
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word for spots from hemorrhages under skin   petechia  
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word for skin hemorrhage due to fragile blood vessels   purpura  
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name for flat, discolored spot on skin   macule  
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name for firm, solid mass larger than 0.5 cm   nodule  
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name for small, solid raised spot smaller than 0.5 cm   papule  
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what is a first degree burn   skin reddened and painful, no blisters, damage to epidermis  
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what is a second degree burn   skin reddened and painful with blisters, damage to epidermis and dermis  
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what is a third degree burn   skin charred, epidermis and dermis burned away, subcutaneous layer exposed  
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what is cellulitis   diffuse acute infection of connective tissue of skin  
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what is scabies   mite infestation  
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what is varicella   contagious viral infection; chickenpox  
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what is alopecia   absence or loss of hair  
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describe biopsy (BX)   removal of piece of tissue to examine under a microscope  
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what is a dermatome   instrument for cutting skin or for producing thin transplants of skin  
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describe cauterization   desctruction of tissue by using chemicals, electricity, heat or freezing  
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