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Test 2
second test for assesment
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
06/16/2008

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Term
epidermis
Definition
thin but tough, protective barrier, stratified into several zones, top layer
Term
stratum germinativum
Definition

bottom stratified epidermis layer, basal cell layer, forms new skin cells.

 

major ingredients are tough, fibrous protein keratin

 

melanin varies by genetic, hormones and environmental influences 

Term
stratum corneum
Definition
from the basal layer new skin cells migrate up and flatten, cells are constantly being shed and replaced, completely replaced after 4 weeks, the epidermis is avascular
Term
skin color derived from
Definition

1. melanin- brown pigment

2. carotene- yellow/orange tones

3. red-purple tones in underlying vascular bed 

Term
Dermis
Definition
contains mostly connective tissue, or collagen. Tough fibrous protein makes skin resiss tearing. Also has resilient elastic tissue allows skin to stretch
Term
items in dermis
Definition

nerves, sensory receptors, blood vessels, lymphatics

 

also appendages from epidermis such as hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands 

Term
subcutaneous layer
Definition
adipose tissue, made of lobules of fat cells
Term
hair
Definition

threads of keratin, hair shaf is visible projecting part, root is below surface embeddedin follicle. At the root the bulb matrix is the expanded area where new cells are produced at a high rate. hair growth is cyclical

 

around the hair follicle are muscular arrector pili which contract and elevate hair so it resembles goose flesh 

Term
vellus hair
Definition
fine, faint, covers most of the body,
Term
terminal hair
Definition
darker thicker hair
Term
sebaceous glands
Definition

produce protective lipid substance, sebum, which is secreted thro the hair follicle. Sebum oils and lubricates the skin Water retardant

 

everywhere except for palm and soles

 

most abundant in scalp, forehead, face and chin 

Term
eccrine
Definition

open directly onto the skin produce dilute saline, called sweat

 

completely mature by 2 months 

Term
apocrine
Definition

produce thick, milky secretion and open into hair follicles

 

located mostly in the axillae, anogenital area, nipples,ect.

happen during puberty

 

produce musky odor smell 

Term
nails
Definition
hard plates of keratin on the dorsal edges of the fingers and toes, the pink comes from highly vascular epithelial cells
Term
skin
Definition
protection, revets penetration, perception, emp. regulation, identification, comminication, would repair, absorption and excretion, production of vitamin d
Term
infants skin
Definition

fine downy hair is -lanugo, later replaced by vellus hair

 

also present is vernix caseosa- thick, cheesy substance made up of sebum and shed epithelial cells 

Term
infants skin
Definition
infant skin is more permeable then adults so they are at greater risk for fluid loss. Sebum which holds water in the skin, is present for the first few weeks. produces milia and cradle cap in some babies. Then subaceous glands decrease in size and production until puberty
Term
blood vessels
Definition

arranged in 2 continuous loops

 

pulmonary circulation

and

systemic ciculation 

pumps simultaneously into both loops 

Term
precordium
Definition
overlyes heart and great vessels
Term
mediastinum
Definition
contains the heart and the vessels between the lungs in the mmid 3rd thoracic
Term
top of the heart is called...
Definition
base
Term
bottom of the heart (points down and to the left is called)
Definition
apex
Term
apex beats against chest
Definition

apical impulse, palpable in most people

 

in 5th intercostal space 

Term
unoxygenated venous blood to right side of heart
Definition
superior and inferior and vena cava
Term
pulmonary artery
Definition
leaves the right ventricle, bifurcates and carries the venous blood to the lungs
Term
pulmonary veins
Definition
retrns the freshly oxygenated blood to the left side of the heart and the aorta carries out of the body
Term
pericardium
Definition
tough fibrous, double walled sac that surrounds and protects the heart, has two layers that contain serous pericardial fluid, this ensures smooth, frictionfree movement of the heart muscle. The pericardium is adherent to the great vessels, esophagus, sternum, and plurae and is anchored to the diaphragm
Term
myocardium
Definition
muscular wall of the heart, it does the pumping
Term
endocardium
Definition
thin layer of endothelial tissue that lines the innner surface of the heart chambers and valves
Term
right and left side of heart
Definition
right side pumps blood to lungs and left pumps to body
Term
left and right side
Definition
each side has an atrium- thin walled reservoir for holding blood and ventricle- thick walled muscular pump
Term
antrioventricular
Definition
seperates the atria and the ventricles (AV)
Term
tricuspid
Definition
right av valve
Term
mitral
Definition
left av valve (also know as bicupspid)
Term
chordea tendineae
Definition
valves thin leaflets anchored by collagenous fibers to papillary muscles embedded in the ventricle floor
Term
semilunar
Definition

(sl) valves are set between the ventricles and the arteries. Each valve has 3 cusps that look like haf moons.

 

Pulmonic- valve in the R side of the heart

aortic- valve in the L side of teh heart

 

open during systole 

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