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Medical Terminology
Chapter 4 - The Integumentary System
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Undergraduate 1
11/01/2008

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FATTY; RELATING TO FAT

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LACK OF HAIR IN SPOTS; BALDNESS

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GLANDS THAT APPEAR DURING AND AFTER PUBERTY AND SECRETE SWEAT, AS FROM THE ARMPITS

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GLANDS THAT SECRETE A WAXY SUBSTANCE ON THE SURFACE OF THE EAR

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MAJOR PROTEIN SUBSTANCE THAT IS TOUGH AND FLEXIBLE AND THAT FORMS CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN THE BODY

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SEE DERMIS

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THIN BAND OF EPIDERMIS THAT SURROUNDS THE EDGE OF NAILS EXCEPT AT THE TOP

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LAYER OF SKIN BENEATH THE EPIDERMIS CONTAINING BLOOD VESSELS, NERVES AND SOME GLANDS

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EXCRETION OF FLUID BY THE SWEAT GLANDS; SWEATING

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SWEAT GLANDS THAT OCCUR ALL OVER THE BODY, EXCEPT WHERE THE APOCRINE GLANDS OCCUR

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OUTER PORTION OF THE SKIN CONTAINING SEVERAL STRATA

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GLANDS THAT SECRETE THROUGH DUCTS TOWARD THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY

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TUBELIKE SAC IN THE DERMIS OUT OF WHICH THE HAIR SHAFT DEVELOPS

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PORTION OF THE HAIR BENEATH THE SKIN SURFACE

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PORTION OF THE HAIR VISIBLE ABOVE THE SKIN SURFACE

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SUBCUTANEOUS SKIN LAYER; LAYER BELOW THE DERMIS

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SKIN AND ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN AND ARISE FROM IT

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HARD HORNY PROTEIN THAT FORMS NAILS AND HAIR

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HALF MOON SHAPED AREA AT THE BASE OF THE NAIL PLATE

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PIGMENT PRODUCED BY MELANOCYTES THAT DETERMINES SKIN, HAIR, AND EYE COLOR

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THIN LAYER OF KERATIN THAT COVERS THE DISTAL PORTION OF FINGERS AND TOES

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THIN SUBLAYER OF THE DERMIS CONTAINING SMALL PAPILLAE (NIPPLE LIKE MASSES)

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OPENING OR HOLE,PARTICULARLY IN THE SKIN

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BOTTOM SUBLAYER OF THE DERMIS CONTAINING RETICULA (NETWORK OF STRUCTURES WITH CONNECTIVE TISSUE BETWEEN)

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GLANDS IN THE DERMIS THAT OPEN TO HAIR FOLLICLES AND SECRETE SEBUM

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OILY SUBSTANCE, USUALLY SECRETED INTO THE HAIR FOLLICLE

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FLAT SCALY LAYER OF CELLS THAT MAKES UP THE EPIDERMIS

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LAYERS OF EPITHELIAL CELLS THAT MAKE UP THE STRATA OF EPITHELIUM OF THE EPIDERMIS

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LAYER OF TISSUE, ESPECIALLY A LAYER OF THE SKIN

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TOP SUBLAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS

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BOTTOM SUBLAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS

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STRETCH MARKS MADE IN THE COLLAGEN FIBERS OF THE DERMIS LAYER

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BOTTOM LAYER OF THE SKIN CONTAINING FATTY TISSUE

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COILED GLANDS OF THE SKIN THAT SECRETE PERSPIRATION TO REGULATE BODY TEMPERATURE AND EXCRETE WASTE PRODUCTS

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CELL IN THE EPIDERMIS THAT PRODUCES MELANIN

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