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| A tiny bundle of smooth muscle that is attached to each hair follicle. |
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| Pigmented areas of the breasts. |
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| A protective coating for the meatus(ear wax) |
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| Arises from cells in epidermis, does not spread rapidly, and tends not to metastasize. |
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| Located in the external auditory meatus (ear canal) and secrete cerumen |
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| Part of the eccrine sweat glands, primary secretion of fluid passes through it. |
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| The temperature of the central thorax, abdomen, and brain |
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| Heat lost to the environment through contact with a cooler object |
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| The outermost layer of skin |
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| Part of the eccrine sweat glands, generates primary secretion of fluid NaCl into the gland lumen. |
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| Heat lost to the environment by air movement. |
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| Arising from the epidermis in the process of embryonic development, includes sebaceous, sudoriferous, mammary, and ceruminous glands. |
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| A translucent substance formed from keratohyalin |
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| Sebaceous glands in which the secretions are formed as a product of the breakdown of dead gland cells. |
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| A 3rd degree burn affecting the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. |
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| Burns that involve mainly damage to the epidermis, require no special treatment, and typically heal rapidly w/o scarring. |
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| A stratified squamous epithelium that contains keratinocytes, melanocytes, & immunocytes. |
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| Encloses the root of a hair in the skin. |
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| One type of sudoriferous gland. They are scattered through the body surface but are most dense on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. They produce a dilute solution containing many of the constituents of blood plasma. |
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| Promotes heat loss from the body surface in which some heat is absorbed by water in the process of its transformation from liquid to a gas. |
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| Underneath the dermis and not technically part of the skin, a subcutaneous layer containing loose connective tissue, arterioles, venules, & adipose tissue |
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| 1st line of defense against invasion by microbes, fungi, and parasites. |
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| Cells responsible for the wear-resistance andwaterproof qualities of the skin. |
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| Production of milk by the mammary glands during a period of infant nutrition after birth. |
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| A Protein produced by keratinocytes |
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| Arises from melanocytes in the skin or in the pigmented moles. Some forms of melanoma spread very rapidly and also metastasize freely to other body tissues. |
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| Crescent-shaped region at the base of the nail. |
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| In reference to carcinoma, to spread to other areas of the body. |
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| Located at the base of each hair follicle where the hair grows. |
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| Nails arise from stem cells located here |
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| Sudoriferous glands in which part of the secretory cells themselves appears in the secretion. |
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| Modified sweat glands that have evolved to produce milk during a period of infant nutrition after birth. |
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| Produce melanin, partly responsible for skin color. |
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| Where the growth of the nail occurs. |
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| One layer of the dermis, consisting of fingerlike projections that project into the overlying epidermis. |
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| Heat can be lost to environment through electromagnetic transmission. |
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| An oily substance secreted by the sebaceous glands onto the skin that reduces the loss of moisture and contains antimicrobial chemicals. |
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| One layer of the dermis, largely composed of a network of crisscrossing collagen and elastin fibers that give the skin its elasticity and resilience. |
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| Holocrine glands that are associated with hair follicles and secrete and oily sebum onto the skin surface. |
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| These involve at least some damage to the dermis. |
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| Consists of cells filled w/ droplets of elaidin. |
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| New Keratinocytes push upward into this layer above the stratum germinativum |
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| As cells leave the stratum spinosum and enter this layer, they begin to synthesize and store a keratohyalin. |
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| Arises from cells in the stratum spinosum, and has a higher probability of metastasis. |
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| The outermost layer of skin, 20-30 cells deep, consisting entirely of dead keratinocytes filled with keratin. |
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| Deepest layer of the skin |
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| Deepest layer of skin where new keratinocytes are continuously produced from stem cells. |
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| Islands of transplanted skin are created within a burned region |
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| Process that maintains the core body temperature constant within a few tenths of a degree Celsius. |
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| A steady rate of nerve impulses along sympathetic nerves to superficial blood vessels that maintains some degree of vascular tone in those vessels. |
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| Adipose tissue that protects underlying organs from mechanical shock, serves as a thermal insulation, and contributes to the sex-specific body contours of men and women. |
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| full-thickness burn involving dermis & subcutaneous tissue |
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