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| forms upper layer of skin |
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| another name for the dermis |
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| found in dermis produce heparin and histamine |
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| released after injury, anticoagulant |
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| released in response to allergens causes itching and increase mucus secretions |
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| areas of highest concentration of sweat glands |
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| palms, soles, forehead, armpit. they open on the surface of the skin through pores |
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| production and excretion of sweat |
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| sacs that hold the root of the hair fiber |
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| half moon shaped area of the nail |
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| seb gland containing yellow, fatty subst can be anywhere including scalp and vag |
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| any of several skin cond char by overproduction of sebum |
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| excess dandruff, cradle cap; inflam of skin/scalp that causes scaling and itching |
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| benign growths, waxy, vary in color, common in elderly |
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| profuse sweating; norm condition brought on by excess heat, etc |
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| heat rash; itchy sweat glands are blocked |
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| autoimmune; causes patches of baldness; begins in childhood |
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| uncommon cond char by loss of all of head hair |
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| total hair loss of entire body |
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| hair thins at crown, front and sides doesn't lead to full bald |
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| receding hairline horseshoe "eagle's nest" |
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| curving on nail and enlarged finges. herditary, coronary/pulmon disease |
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| spoon nail; nail is concave indicated iron deficency anemia |
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| fungal nail infection; nail may turn white, black, yellow, or green, thick or brittle |
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| acute or chronic infec of skin fold around nail |
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| unusual deposits of black pig in diff parts of body |
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| petechiae-plural/petechia-sing |
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| small pinpoint hemorrhages less than 2mm; from high fever |
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| spontaneous bruising 2-10mm also internal organs hemorrhage |
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| irreg area of purple discoloration larger than 10mm; result of blood disorder |
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| swelling of clotted blood trapped in tissue caused by injury |
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| path change in tissue due to disease or injury |
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| scab; dried serum and cell debris |
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| freckles, flat moles flat spot less than 1cm |
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| solid raised skin lesion larg .5cm. deeper than papule, may cause scarring |
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| scaly solid raised area of closely spaced papules; lesions of psoriasis |
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| warts, small hard lesions caused by human papilloma virus |
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| welt; small bump that itches, allergies |
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| closed pocket containing pus caused by purulent bac infec |
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| producing or containg pus |
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| deep closed sac just under skin contains soft or semisolid material |
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| contained within limited area |
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| small blister less .5cm contains watery fluid; poision oak |
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| large blister bigger than .5cm |
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| open lesion of skin or mucous memb resulting in tissue loss also occurs inside body |
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| decubitus ulcer/pressure ulcer |
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| bedsore ulcerated area due to prolonged pressure, tissue death. can become infected |
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| large redish purple discoloration on face or neck |
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| soft raised dark red/purple birthmark |
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| benign tumor of new vessels |
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| itching; asso w/ most dermatitis |
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| dermatits; asso w/ sever itching. early-red, blistered oozing. late-scaly, brown, thick |
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| localized allergic reaction from contact w/ allergen |
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| any redness of skin due to dialated cap, blushing, inflam, sunburn |
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| damage to vessels and tissue from allergic reaction (meds or infect)also affects mucous memebrane |
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| fifth's disease/erythema infectiosum |
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| mildly contagious infec of childhood; red lacelike rash that lasts up to 1 month |
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| chilblains/erythema pernio |
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| itch red/purp swelling on finger/toes caused by cold and moisture; begins to itch when warmth restores circulation |
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| cells are damaged by UV rays |
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| erythroderma/exfoliative dermatitis (ED) |
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| widespread erythema & scaling; results from AIDS, drug reactions, psoriasis |
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| acute inflam pus-forming bacterial infect such as impetigo |
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| gen term denotes skin lesions or eruption not asso w/ inflam |
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| group of hereditary disorders char dry, thick scaly skin; caused by slowed shedding or increase in cell prod |
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| lupus erthematosus/systemic lupus erythematosus |
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| autoimmune char red, scaly rash on face/upper trunk; also attacks connective tiss and other body systems |
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| chronic swelling collection of fat/fluid under skin. usually women b/w calf and ankle |
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| char by flare ups red papules, silver scales. elbows, knees, scalp, back, buttocks |
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| chronic; redness, tiny pimples, broken vessels, central area of face |
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| bulbous nose; hyperplasia of nose asso w/ rosacea, older men |
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| autoimmune; connective tissue becomes hardened/thick skin becomes hard/swollen |
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| hives; wheals caused by allergic reaction |
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| boils; large, swollen, tender areas cause by staph infec around hair foll or oil gland |
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| cluster of conntected furuncles |
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| char by malaise, swelling, warmth, red streaks. acute infec of connective tiss |
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| felling gen discomfort or uneasiness; 1st sign of infect or other diease |
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| tissue death; caused by loss of circulation, followed by bact invasion, causes putrefaction; can be fatal |
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| very contagious bac infec; isolated pustules that are crusted and rupture |
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| flesh-eating bac; group A strep enters body through wound; can be fatal |
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| ringworm; fungal infec can grow on skin, hair, nails |
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| found on scalp of children |
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| fung infec of skin of body |
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| jock itch; found in genital area |
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| athlete's foot; found b/w toes and on feet |
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| pityriasis versicolor/tinea versicolor |
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| fung infec causes painless discolored areas on skin |
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| dwelling of parasites on external surface tiss |
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| infection cause by infestation of itch mite. prod brown lines and itchy rash |
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| normal scar result from healing of a wound; cicatrices |
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| tissue that normally forms during healing; this tissue is scar tissue |
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| gen term; describes small knotlike swelling of granulation tissue in epi |
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| "Jay Don"-a guy i knew with this condition, don't memorize that! abnorm raised car expands beyond boundaries of incision. inherited ppl with dark skin |
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| any skin growth (wart or callus); char overgrowth of thick skin |
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| hard or horny...lol ;) i didn't make it up that's in the book! |
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| benign fatty deposit under skin that causes bump |
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| moles; small dark skin growths, devel from melanocytes; usually benign |
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| atypical moles may be cancer |
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| benign superficial wartlike growth; can be other places like bladder |
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| gen term; mushroom-like growth from mucous memb such as nose. not necess malig |
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| small flesh colored/brown polyps; benign, enlarge with age |
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| most common type; malig tumor of basal cells, slow growing, rarely speads |
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| spreads quickly to other body sys, malig tumor of scaly squamous cells; beings as a sore that wont heal |
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| first sign is change in size, shape, and color of mole |
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| skin lesion b/c of excessed sun expo; rough red or brown scaly patches; precancerous |
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| piece of tumor/lesion is removed |
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| entire lesion/tumor and some surrounding tissue is removed |
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| complete removal of lesion or organ |
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| hollow needle removes core of tissue |
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| cells are scaped from tissue to be examined with microscope |
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| anti-inflam; treats many skin disorders, suppresses inflam response |
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| tissue destruct by burning |
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| removal of materials by scraping; treats basal tumors |
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| destruc or elim of ab tiss cell (warts/tumors) by extreme cold (liquid nitrogen) |
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| removal of dirt, etc. to prevent infection |
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| incision and drainage (I&D) |
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| incision of lesion to drain contents |
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| removing tumor layer by layer |
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| Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
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| laser reshapes nose by vaporizing excess tissue |
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| port-wine stain treatment |
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| short pulses of light remove birthmark; many session |
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| tattoos, cancer, precancer of the lip, reoccuring warts around nails and soles |
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| collagen replacement therapy |
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| soft tissue augmentation softens facial lines |
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| skin graft; replacement of damaged skin from donor |
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| injury to body from heat, flame, electricity, sun, chemicals, or radiation. more than 15% of body is considered serious |
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