| A | B |
|---|
| carotene | a pigment that contributes to skin color |
| integument | another name for skin |
| jaundice | disease signaled by yellow tone, and signifies liver problems |
| cyanosis | poorly oxygenated hemoglobin; common during heart failure; blue skin |
| cold sores | fluid-filled blisters caused by herpes simplex virus |
| psoriasis | overproduction of skin cells causing dry, silvery scales |
| athlete's foot | fungus infection between toes |
| malignant melanoma | cancer of skin pigment cells |
| impetigo | staphylococcus bacterial infection causing water-filled lesions around the mouth and nose |
| third-degree burns | full-thickness burn |
| papillary layer | upper layer of the dermis |
| medulla | central core of each hair |
| hair root | part of the hair enclosed in the follicle |
| apocrine gland | sudoriferous glands largely confined to the axillary region |
| eccrine gland | sudoriferous glands found all over the body |
| arrector pili | "goosebumps" are caused by contractions of this muscle |
| second-degree burn | type of burn that involves injury to the epidermis and upper region of the dermis and is red, blistered, and painful |
| basal cell carcinoma | least malignant and most common skin cancer |
| lunula | white cresent area located over the nail matrix |
| sebum | oily substance produces by sebaceous glands |
