Integumentary Review
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| Define Skin and it's important function. | - largest organ in the body
- provides sensory information, regulates body temperature, prevents dehydration, food/water reservoir
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| First Degree Burn | - aka superficial
- only injury epidermis
- erythema and hyperesthia
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| Immunotherapy | - aka biotherapy
- newer treatment that stimulates body's own immune defenses to fight tumour cells
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| In situ v.s invasive | -confined to original site
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- penetrates surrounding tissue
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| Sebaceous Glands | - cause acne
- secretes sebum
- everywhere but soles and palm of hands
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| Second Degree Burn | - aka partial thickness
- damages epidermis and dermis
- vesicles or bullae form
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| Subcutaneous Layer | - hypodermis
- binds dermis to underlying structures
- store fat, insulates and cushions body
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| Third Degree Burn | - aka full thickness burn
- epidermis and dermis destroyed
- waxy and charred
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| How is hair colour determined? | amount of pigments produced by melanocytes
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| Two important sublayers of the epidermis and where they are located | stratum corneum = outermost
basal layer = innermost
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| What do meloncytes produce and what is their function? | - melanin
- protects skin from damaging effects
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| What happens to new skin cells as they move towards the stratum coreum? | they die
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| What is a dermatologist | specializes in diagnosis and treatment of skin disease
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| what is a pathologist | they grade and stage tumours
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| What is the most common type of skin cancer? | Basal cell carcinoma
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| trichomycosis | abnormal condition of hair fungus
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| pallor | absence of colour in the skin
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| urticaria | allergic reaction of the skin characterized by eruption of pale, elevated patches
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| neoplasm | any new and abnormal growth
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| impetigo | bacterial skin infection
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| alopecia | baldness
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| hemangioma | benign tumour of dilated blood vessels
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| malignant | cancerous
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| eczema | chronic inflammatory skin condition
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| integument | covering
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| tinea | fungal skin infection; ring worm
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| pediculosis | infestation with lice
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| onychia | inflammation of nail bed
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| thelitis | inflammation of the nipple
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| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin
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| acne | inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands
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| pruritis | intense itching
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| vitiligo | loss of skin pigmentation
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| petechia | minute, pinpoint hemorrhage under the skin
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| gangrene | death, decay of tissue
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| benign | non-cancerous
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| cicatrix | normal scarring
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| congenital | noted at birth
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| subcutaneous | under the skin
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| abscess | pus at the sight of infection
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| keloid | raised firm, thickened scar
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| erythema | redness of the skin
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| crustation | scab
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| abrasion | scrape
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| dermotoplasty | skin grafting
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| lentigo | small brown macules
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| comedo | small skin lesion of acne
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| pressure ucler | sore that prevents blood flow to tissues
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| mycology | study of fungus
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| pachyderma | thick skin
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| psoriasis | thick, dry, silvery scales cause by excessive development of the basal layer
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| fulguration | tissue destruction by electric current
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| albinism | total absence of pigment in skin, hair and eyes
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| xenograft | transplantation from a foreign donor
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| verruca | warts
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