7. Integumentary System and Body
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| The skin, accesory structures and the subcutaneous tissue make up this system | Integumentary System
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| The skin can be called these two things | Integument or Cutaneous membrane
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| The outer or surface layer of the skin | Epidermis
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| The inner layer of the skin | Dermis
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| The study of skin and skin disorders | Dermatology
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| This layer of the epidermis that lies on top of the dermis and makes new cells | Stratum Germinativum
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| The tough protein made by epidermal cells as they near the surface of the skin | Keratin
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| The surface layer of epidermal cells is called _________ | Stratum Corneum
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| The 500ml/day of water that is lost through the skin each day is called ___________ | Insensible Perspiration
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| The layer under the dermis which is not considered part of the skin is called the _________ | subcutaneous layer or hypodermis
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| Cells deep within the skin that secrete melanin are called ___________ | Melanocytes
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| The skin darkening pigment | Melanin
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| This is the name of the disorder that occurs when the melanocytes completely fail to secrete melanin | Albinism
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| The name of a disorder where there is partial loss of melanin in patches of skin | Vitiligo
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| A yellow pigment of the skin | Carotene
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| A coloration of the skin related to a lack of oxygen | Cyanosis
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| A condition that causes the skin to turn yellow due to lack of bilirubin excretion by the liver | Jaundice
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| These two hormones influence the growth of hair in the axillary and pubic areas | Testosterone and Estrogen
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| The loss of hair is called this | Alopecia
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| Oil glands of the skin are also called ____________ | Sebaceous Glands
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| The oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands is called ______ | Sebum
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| The sebaceous gland secretion that covers babies when they are born | Vernix caseosa
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| Also called sudoriferous glands, these glands secrete liquid onto the skin | Sweat glands
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| This type of sweat gland is associated with hair follicles and are found in the axillary and genital areas | Apocrine glands
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| These sweat glands are the most numerous and located throughout the body. They are not associated with hair follicles | Eccrine glands
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| These modified sweat glands are found in the external auditory canal of the ear | Ceruminous glands
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| This secretion of the ceruminous glands is also called ear wax | Cerumen
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| A temperature taken from the inner parts of the body is called a ______ temperature. | Core
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| Temperatures taken from the surface areas of the body are called ______ temperatures | Shell
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| The mechanism whereby the body balances heat production and heat loss is called _________ | Thermoregulation
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| Heat is lost from a warm object (the body) to the cooler air surrounding the warm object. Ex. a person losing heat to a cooler room | Radiation
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| Heat lost from a warm body to a cooler object in contact with the warm body. Ex. sitting on a block of ice | Conduction
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| Loss of heat by air currents moving over the surface of the skin | Convection
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| Loss of heat when liquid on skin becomes a gas | Evaporation
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| Area of brain that controls body temperature | Hypothalamus
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| A process in which brown addipose tissue is metabolized in a neonate to increase body temperature | Nonshivering thermogenesis
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| A burn that involves only the epidermis | First–degree burn
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| A burn that involves both epidermis and some of the dermis | Second–degree burn
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| A burn that involves all of the epidermis, dermis, and possibly the underlying tissue | Third–degree burn
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| A system that is used to estimate percentage of body surface area burned | Rule of Nines
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| Dead burned tissue that forms a thick, inflexible, scablike layer over the burned surface | Eschar
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| A disorder of the skin in which sebaceous glands oversecrete sebum. | Acne
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| A fungal infection of the skin that affects the webs of the toes, skin of the feet | Athlete's foot
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| A localized collection of pus caused by staphylococcal infection of hair follicles and sebaceous glands | Boil
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| Watery vesicles due to infection with the herpes simplex virus | Cold sore
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| Saclike structure containing fluid or semisolid material with a strong capsule | Cyst
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| Nonspecific inflammation of the skin with erythema, papules, vesicles, scabs or crusts | Dermatitis
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| Inflammatory condition characterized by redness, papular and vesicular lesions, crusts, and scales of the skin | Eczema
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| Red raised patches (wheals) with intense itching often due to allergic reaction | Hives
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| A contagious infection of the skin usually due to staphylococcus bacteria | Impetigo
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| A chronic skin condition characterized by lesions that are red, dry, elevated, and covered by silvery scales | Psoriasis
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| Most agressive form of skin cancer | Malignant melanoma
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