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| Medical term that means "pertaining to covering": | integumentary (n-teg-u-MEN-tar-E) |
| Largest organ of human body: | skin |
| Parts of body that make up the integumentary system: | skin, hair, nails |
| How many layers of tissue make up the skin? | three |
| Name the three layers of tissue that make up the skin | 1)epidermis 2)dermis 3)subcutaneous |
| Which layer of epidermis produces new skin cells? | stratum germinativum (ger-vin-nA-tee-vum) |
| Which layer of epidermis constantly sheds and replaces new cells? | stratum corneum |
| Which layer of tissue is the "true skin"? | dermis (corium) |
| The layer of skin that contains blood vessels, nerves, sweat, oil glands, & hair follicles: | dermis |
| Innermost layer of skin that connects skin to underlying muscles: | subcutaneous |
| Coiled tubes that extend through dermis and open pores: | sweat glands |
| Another name for sweat glands: | sudoriferous glands (sue-dah-RIF-o-rus) |
| Perspiration from sweat glands include: | water, salts, wastes |
| Glands that usually open onto hair follicles: | sebaceous (oil) glands |
| Name of the oil secretion produced by sebaceous glands: | sebum |
| Function of sebum: | Keeps skin and hair from drying |
| Results when oil glands become plugged by sebum: | pimples/blackheads |
| Dead epithelial cells that cover head: | hair |
| Hallow shaft in which hair root grows: | follicle |
| Function of hair: | protection |
| Dead epithelial cells that cover fingertips/toes | nails |
| Which vitamin does the skin produce by combining UV rays from sun with skin compounds? | vitamin D |
| How do blood vessels in skin help body retain or lose heat? | 1) by constriction (retain heat) & 2) by dilation (lose heat) |
| Skin color is determined by: | pigments |
| Brownish-black pigment that absorbs UV light to tan skin: | melanin |
| Small, concentrated aeas of melanin: | freckles |
| Yellowish-red pigment that also determines skin color: | carotene |
| Term that means "reddish" color of skin: | erythema (air-a-THEME-a) |
| Yellow discoloration of skin due to liver disease or destruction of red blood cells: | jaundice |
| Bluish discoloration of skin caused by insufficient oxygen: | cyanosis |
| Flat spots such as freckles are referred to as: | macules or macular rash |
| Firm, raised eruptions: | papules |
| Blisters (fluid-filled sacs): | vesicles |
| Pus-filled sacs: | pustules |
| Areas of dried pus & blood (commonly called "scabs"): | crusts |
| Itchy, elevated areas with irregular shapes (hives, insect bites): | wheals |
| Term used to indicate any abnormal change in body tissue (cuts, burns, skin eruptions, etc.): | lesion |
| Contagious fungal infection that usually affect the feet: | athlete's foot |
| Inflammation of sebaceous glands: | acne vulgaris |
| Black, malignant skin tumor: | melanoma |
| Inflammation of skin: | dermatitis |
| Noncontagious, inflammatory skin disorder caused by allergens (results in edema, itching, vesicles, crusts, & scaling): | eczema (ig-zE-mah) |
| Highly contagious bacterial infection of skin resulting in oozing vesicles, & formation of yellow crust (caused by strep or staph): | impetigo (em-pah-tie-go) |
| A chronic, noncontagious, inherited skin disease with symptoms of red, thisck skin covered by white scales: | psoriasis (Sa-rye-o-sis) |
| Viral infection of skin resulting in rough, hard elevated lesions: | warts |
| medical term for wart: | verrucae (veh-RO-see) |
| Three important functions of skin: | protects, gives sensory perception, regulates body temperature |
| A person with an absence of color pigments: | albino |
| How does skin eliminate excess water and heat? | perspiration |
| What is transdermal medication? | ability of skin to absorb substances (medication patches, etc.) |
| Where is adipose tissue (fatty tissue) stored in the skin layers? | subcutaneous tissue |
| A deep loss of skin surface that may entend into dermis: | ulcer |
| Highly contagious fungal infection that results in circular crusty outer ring on skin or scalp: | ringworm |
| Condition that results in loss of hair: | alopecia (al-oh-pee-sha) |
| Most common form of skin cancer in which lesion arises in basal cells (at bottom of epidermis): | basal cell carcinoma |
| Second most common skin cancer; arises from the epidermis: | squamous cell carcinoma |
| Inflammation of hair follicles: | folliculitis |
| Medical name for "boil": | furuncle (few-run-kel) |
| Infection larger than a boil; has multiple abscesses in close together that share interconnecting sinuses: | carbuncle |
| Skin infection around finger or toe nail: | paronychia (par-o-NIK-ee-ah) |
| Benign tumor made up of fat cells: | lipoma |
| Abnormally raised or thickened scar: | keloid (key-loid) |
| Definition of biopsy: | removal of small piece of tissue for examination |
| Another name for blackhead: | comedo (com-a-doe) |
| Abnormal condition of excessive sweating: | hyperhidrosis (hyper-high-dro-sis) |
| Abnormal hairness: | hirsutism (her-sa-tiz-um) |
| Loss of pigment in areas of the skin, resulting in milk-white patches: | vitiligo (vit-ill-I-go) |
| Inflammation of nail matrix (with pus) | onychia (on-IK-e-ah) |
| Common white-patch condition of skin caused by mild superficial fungal infection: | tinea versicolor (ti-nE-ah Vers-ih-kul-or) |
