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| Consists of the skin and its accessory organs. (hair, nails, and cutaneous glands) |
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| the most vulnerable organ. |
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| scientific study and medical treatment of the integumentary system. |
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| keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. |
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| connective tissue layer. composed mainly of collagen with eastic fibers, reticular fibers, and fibroblasts. well supplied with blood vessels, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and nerve endings. |
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| another connective tissue layer below the dermis. |
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| resistance to trauma and infection, sensation, other barrier functions, thermoregulation, nonverbal communication, vitamin D synthesis, and transdermal absorption. |
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| RESISTANCE TO TRAUMA AND INFECTION |
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| skin is our most extensive sense organ. |
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| waterproofing, UV radiation, and harmful chemicals. |
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| thermoreceptors, and vasoconstriction/vasodilation. |
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| acne, birthmark, or scar. |
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| skin first step. liver and kidney complete process |
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| administration of certain drugs steadily through thin skin. adhesive patches. |
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| stem cells, keratinocytes, melanocytes, tactile (merkel) cells, and dendrictic (langerhans) cells |
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| a single layer of cuboidal to low columnar stem cells and keratinocytes resting on the basement membrane. |
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| MELANOCYTES and TACTILE CELLS |
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| scattered among the stem cells and keratinocytes. |
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| stem cells of stratum basale divide |
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| give rise to keratinocytes that migrate toward skin surface. replace lost epidermal cells. |
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| consists of several layers of keratinocytes. |
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| found throughout the stratum. |
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