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| What three things make up the integumentary system? |
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| What is the largest organ in the body? |
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| What does the skin contain? |
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| Blood vessels, CT, glands, hair, nerves, nails |
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| What are the two functions of the skin? |
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| Prevents harmful things from entering, helps maintain homeostasis |
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| When does the skin develop? |
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| 4-5 weeks after egg is fertilized |
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| When does pigmentation develop? |
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| Week 25 of after fertilization |
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| What does pigmentation come from? |
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| Outer 4-5 layers of the skin |
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| What type of tissue is the epidermis made out of? |
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| Where is the epidermis thick? |
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| What type of cells are in the epidermis? |
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| What is the bottom layer of the epidermis? |
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| The Stratum Germinitivum is where what occurs? |
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| Between Corneum and Germinitivum |
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| What is the top layer of the epidermis? |
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| What is Stratum Corneum made out of? |
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| With more melanin comes what? |
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| What do melanocytes produce? |
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| What increases melanocyte production? |
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| What two things do melanocytes give color to? |
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| What does water proof of stratum corneum prevent? |
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| Evaporation of body water and water from entering the body |
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| Where are merkel cells found? |
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| Where are merkel cells found? |
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| Receptors for sense of touch |
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| Where are Langerhan cells made? |
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| Are Langerhan cells mobile? |
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| What do Langerhan cells do? |
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| When cells swallow foreign particles that enter the skin, take them to lymphocytes, and trigger an immune response |
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| The epidermis serves as a barrier to what? |
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| Separates epidermis and dermis (from friction and fluid build up) |
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| When the epidermis gets more mitosis from stratum germinitivum and gets thicker (pressure or friction caused more cells) |
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| What is the inner layer of the skin? |
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| What is the dermis made out of? |
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| Fibrous connective tissue |
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| What is fibrous connective tissue made out of? |
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| What is the layer between the epidermis and dermis? |
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| The papillary layer is where what ends? |
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| What does the dermis have? |
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| What are hair follicles and what color are they? |
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| What do hair follicles contain? |
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| Cell matrix where mitosis takes place |
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| What do the ends of hair get color from? |
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| What are the functions of eyebrow and lashes? |
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| Prevent dust and perspiration from getting in eyes |
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| What is a pilomotor muscle? |
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| A muscle attached to a hair folicle that causes hair to stand up |
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| When do pilomotor muscles work? |
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| What do we get because we don't have a lot of hair? |
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| Where does mitosis take place in a nail? |
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| What are nails made up of? |
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| What is the only part alive of a cell? |
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| What is the three jobs of nails? |
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| Protect fingers and toes from injury, scratch, pick up small things |
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| What is the lighter part of visible nail where the semi-circle is? |
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| What is the area where the skin and nail meet? |
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| Where are receptors found? |
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| What are free nerve endings responsible for? |
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| What are encapsulated nerve endings responsible for? |
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| More (Less) receptors = More (Less) ___________? |
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| Exocrine made of epithelial tissue |
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| What is the sebaceous gland? |
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| Into hair folicle, secrete sebum/oil/sweat |
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| What is the ceruminous gland? |
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| Dermis of ear canal, they make more cerumen (wax) which keeps ear moist |
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| What is the apocrine gland? |
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| Real sweat gland, underarm/groin area (activated during stressful situations) |
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| What is the eccrine gland? |
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| Real sweat glands, all over body hands/feet/face genetic, helps maintain body temp. and occurs during active/heat |
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| What are the two blood vessels? |
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| Capillaries and arterioles |
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| Small arteries made up of small muscle |
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| Increase blood flow to dermis and head goes to environment (respond to temperature) |
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| What is vasoconstriction? |
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| Keeps heat in and decreases blood flow in dermis |
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| What does the skin remove? |
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| What does the skin help maintain? |
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| Homeostasis through vitimin D |
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| What does the skin protect us from? |
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| What does the skin regulate? |
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| What does the skin provide? |
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| Where is subcutaneous tissue? |
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| What is subcutaneous tissue made out of? |
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| Areolar connective tissue and adipose tissue |
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| What does subcutaneous tissue help with? |
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| What does subcutaneous tissue store? |
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| All cells have a set what? |
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| What is everytime a cells divides equal to? |
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| What does a cell trigger after it finishes all its divisions? |
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| When you get sun damage of DNA |
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| What is a collection of cancer cells? |
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| What is any cancer in the epithelial tissue called? |
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| What are the three types of skin cancer? |
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| Basal Cell, Squamous Cell, Melanoma |
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| What is the most common skin cancer in the United States? |
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| Approximately how many people have Basal Cells Carcinoma every year? |
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| Where is Basal Cell Carcinoma found? |
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| How is Basal Cell Carcinoma diagnosed? |
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| A removal of skin and testing of it |
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| What is the most treatable type of skin cancer? |
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| What are the 5 characteristics of Basal Cell Carcinoma? |
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| Open sore, reddish patch, shiny bump, pink growth, scar-like area |
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| What is the second most common form of skin cancer? |
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| Where is Squamous Cell Carcinoma found? |
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| How much of the amount of basal cell is there of squamous cell? |
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| What are the three characteristics of squamous cell carcinoma? |
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| What is the most deadly type of skin cancer? |
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| What is the least common type of skin cancer? |
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| What happens during Melanoma? |
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| Normal dark freckles turn red, purple, pink |
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| What are the ABCDE characteristics of melanoma? |
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| Asymmetry, Borders (uneven), Color (2 or more shades), Diameter (usually larger 1/4 inch), evolves |
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| Zap skin with freeze, remove, and test it (malignent and premalignent) |
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| What is Topical Chemotherapy? |
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| Chemical lotion to kill cells from outside |
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| What is Mohs Micrographic Surgery? |
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| Removes smallest amount possible (#1 treatment for basal and squamous) |
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| Same as Mohs but more removal |
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| Inject radiation into body (mainly elderly people) |
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| New, beam destroys tissue with carbon dioxide |
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| What are the cures for Basal Cell Carcinoma? |
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| Curettage, Topical Chemotherapy, Mohs |
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| What are the cures for Squamous Cell Carcinoma? |
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| What are the cures for Melanoma? |
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