Integumentary System
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| integument | skin
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| androgen | generic term for an agent (usually a hormone)
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| ductule | very small duct
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| synthesize | to form
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| two layers of the skin | epidermis and dermis
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| epidermis composed of | stratum corneum and basal layer
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| stratum corneum composed of | dead cells
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| stratum corneum lacks | blood supply and sensory recpetors
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| keratin is | water proof
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| melanocytes | in the basal layer. Produce melanin
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| melanin | provides a protective barrier from the sun. Black
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| albinos cannot produce | melanin
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| dermis (corium) | second layer of the skin
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| dermis is composed of | living tissue, vessels,nerve endings, hair follicles, oil glans and sweat glands
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| subcutaneous layer (hypodermis) | third layer
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| subcutaneous layer composed of | fat and blood vessels
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| accessory organs of the skin | glands, hair and nails
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| sudoriferous glands | produce sweat. cool body, excrete waste and moisten surface cells
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| sebaceous glands | produce oil.
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| exocrine glands | secrete substances through ducts to an outer surface of the body not into the bloodstream
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| axillae | armpits
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| sebum | oily secretion. destroys harmful organisms, preventing infection
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| hair shaft | visible part of hair
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| hair root | part embedded in the dermis
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| hair follicle | hair root and its coverings
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| papilla | loop of capillaries at the bottom of the follicle
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| alopecia | baldness. occurs when the hairs of the scalp are not replaced because of death of the papillae
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| nail root composed of | keratinized, stratified, squamous epithelial cells
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| nail bed | layer of epithelium
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| nail body appears pink because of the | underlying vascular tissue
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| lunula | region where new growth occurs. white half moon
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| adipo | fat
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| lipo | fat
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| steato | fat
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| cutaneo | skin
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| dermato | skin
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| dermo | skin
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| hidro | sweat
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| sudoro | sweat
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| ichthyo | dry, scaly
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| kerato | horny tissue, hard
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| melano | black
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| myco | fungus
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| onycho | nail
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| ungu | nail
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| pilo | hair
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| tricho | hair
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| sclero | hardening
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| sebo | sebum
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| squamo | scale
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| xeno | foreign, strange
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| xero | dry
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| -cyte | cell
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| -derma | skin
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| -logist | specialist in the study of
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| -logy | study of
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| -therapy | treatment
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| an | without
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| dia | through, across
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| epi | above
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| homo | same
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| hyper | excessive
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| sub | below, under
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| dermatology | medical specialty of skin disorders
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| lesions | areas of tissue that have been pathologically altered by injury, wound or infection
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| localized | area of definite size
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| systemis | widespread
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| primary skin lesions | initial reaction
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