Age-Related Skin Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Vernix caseosa | Mixture of sebum and cornified epidermis covering the infant at birth |
Lanugo | fine silky hair over shoulders and back of newborns; shed 10-14 days after birth |
Is terminal hair present at birth? | NO |
What makes infants prone to hypothermia? | Subcutaneous fat is poorly developed |
When do eccrine glands begin to function | 1 month after birth |
Are apocrine glands developed in infants? | NO |
cutis marmorata | mottled appearance to the in as a result of changes in ambient temperature seen in infants |
Milia | small white papule that commonly occurs on the face of a newborn |
Which age population is known for increased sebacous gland activity? | adolescence |
What happens during adolescence to the apocrine glands? | Enlarge and become active |
When does terminal hair apprea in the axilla and pubic areas of both sexes as well as on the face of males? | Adolescence |
Is blood flow to the skin increased or decreased during pregnancy? | Increased |
What happens to vascular lesions (such as hemangiomas or vascular spiders) during pregnancy? | increase in size |
True of False: Skin thickens and subcutaneous fat increases during pregnancy? | True |
During pregnancy is there an increase or decrease in pigmentation of the face, nipples, areola, axilla, and vulva? | Increase |
Eccrine and sebaceous gland activity decreases among what age population | Elderly |
Epidermis thins and becomes less elastic in what age population? | Elderly |
The number of melanocytes is increased or decreased in the elderly? | decreased |
A Transition from terminal to vellus hair on the scalp is seen in what age population? | Elderly |
Nail grow increases or decreases among elderly? | decreases (slows) |
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