| A | B |
|---|
| two layers of skin | dermis, epidermis |
| subcutaneous tissue | attached to bone and muscle |
| subcutaneous tissue made of | CT and fat |
| keratin | tough protective protein |
| epidermis | dead cells, called stratum conrneum, form keratin |
| four functions of skin | protection, tempurate reg, sensory, chemical |
| important to keep skin intace | blocks micro, protects organs, prevents water loss |
| functions of hair | generate of prevent heat loss |
| sebum | oily substance - prevents drying and cracking of skin/hair |
| two types of sweat glands | eccrine - apocrine |
| eccrine is | sweat glands |
| apocrine is | sweat, nipples, ears, eyelids mammory |
| nails are | hard layers of keratin |
| skin assessment - ask | onset, duration, triggering factors |
| pressure sore aka | decubitis ulcer |
| what happens with pressure ulcer | capillary blood flow is reduced |
| how many stages of pressure ulcers | four |
| how to prevent pressure sores | turn, pressure relieving, pad body area, keep clean dry |
| what to prevent with pressure sores | shearing - pulling tissue in opposite direction |
| risk factors for pressure sores | dehydrate, emaciation, immobility, inactive |
| I stage pressure sore | redness of skin, does not go away |
| II stage pressure sore | red, blister, shallow break in skin |
| III stage pressure sore | shallow crater, drainage, look bad, not painful |
| IV stage pressure sore | deep, to bone or muscle - odor |
| pruritus | itching |
| wood's light aka | blacklight |
| biospy - 3 types | scrape, surgical excision, punch |
| treatment of skin disorders | corticosteriods, antihistamines, antibotics etc |
| risks with tattooing, body piercing | not FDA regulated, infection, blood born disease |
| two types of dermatitis | allergic, irritant |
| acne vulgaris | acne, overproduction of sebum |
| rosacea | chronic "rosy appearance" unrelated to acne |
| furnucles aka | boils |
| furunculosis | multiple boils |
| carbuncles | boils with pus and drainage |
| furnucles, furunculosis and carbuncles also associated w/ | diabetes |
| psoriasis | chronic noninfectious inflamm of skin |
| psoriasis how it happens | keratinocytes act like need to repair, accumulate and form elevated scaly |
| scabies | infectious skin disease - itch mite |
| how to spread scabies | skin to skin contact |
| dermatophytoses | superficial fungal infection |
| dermatophytes aka | tinea |
| tinea pedis | athletes foot |
| tinea capitis | ringworm of scalp |
| tinea cruris | jock itch |
| shingles | aka herpie zoster |
| when herpis zoster develops | years after infection - chickenpox |
| seborrhea | excessive production of secretions from sebaceous glands |
| dandruff | loose scaly material shed from scalp |
| head lice | pediculosis |
| onychomycosis | nails - fungial infections |
| onychocryptosis | ingrown toenail |
