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Jarvis skin hair
Skin Hair Nails
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Annular | Circular shape to skin lesion |
| Bulla | Elevated cavity containing free fluid larger than 1 cm |
| Confluent | Skin lesions that run together |
| Cyanosis | Dusky blue color to skin or mucous membranes due to increased amt of unoxygenated hgb |
| Erosion | Scooped out, shallow depression in skin |
| Erythema | intense redness of skin due to excessive blood in dilated superficial capillaries, as in fever or inflammation |
| Excoriation | self inflicted abrasion of skin due to scratching |
| Furuncle | boil. suppurative inflammatory skin lesion due to infected hair follicle |
| Fissure | linear crack in skin extending into dermis |
| Hemangioma | skin lesion due to benign proliferation of blood vessels into dermis |
| Jaundice | yellow color to skin, palate and sclera due to excess bilirubin in the blood |
| Keloid | hypertrophic scar elevated beyond site of original injury |
| Lichenification | tightly packed set of papules that thickens skin, from prolonged intense scratching |
| Lipoma | Benign fatty tumor |
| Maceration | softening of tissue by soaking |
| Macule | flat skin lesion with only a color change |
| Nevus | Mole. skin lesion due to excess melanocytes |
| Nodule | elevated skin lesion less than 1 cm in diameter |
| Pallor | excessively pale, whitish pink color to lightly pigmented skin |
| Papule | palpable skin lesion of greater than 1 cm |
| Plaque | skin lesion in which papules come together |
| Purpura | red purple skin lesions due to blood in tissues from breaks in blood vessels |
| Pustule | elevated cavity containing thick turbid fluid |
| Scale | compact dessicated flakes of skin from shedding of dead skin cells |
| Telangiectasia | skin lesion due to permanently enlarged and dilated blood vessels that are visible |
| Ulcer | sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue that causes a deep depression in skin, extending into dermis |
| Vesicle | elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1 cm in diameter |
| Epidermis | Thin, but tough outer layer of the skin. It is broken into several zone |
| Stratum Germinativum | basal cell layer that forms new cells. Major ingredient is keratin. contains melanocytes which gives brown tones to skin and hair |
| Stratum Corneum | Upper most layer of epidermis. This is the horny outer layer of skin that consists of tightly interwoven dead keratinized cells. |
| Dermis | Inner supportive layer that consists mostly of connective tissue. helps skin to resit tearing and has elastic qualities that allow the skin to stretch when we move |
| SubQ layer | fat or adipose tissue. made up of lobules of fat cells. provides insulation for temperature control and aids in protection |
| Vellus Hair | fine, faint hair that covers most of the body except palms of hands and soles of feet, the dorsa of the distal fingers, the umbilicus, the glans penis and the labia |
| Terminal Hair | darker, thicker hair that grows on scalp, eyebrows, axilla, face and chest in males and pubic areas |
| Sebaceous gland | produce a protective lipid substance, sebum, which is secreted through hair follicles. Help to lubricated skin and prevent drying |
| Eccrine gland | sweat gland, is coiled and tubular in shape |
| Apocrine gland | produce a thick milky substance and opens into hair follicle. become active during puberty and secretion occurs during emotional and sexual stimulation |
| Functions of skin | 1. Protection 2. Prevent penetration 3. perception: skin is vast sensory surface 4. Temperature regulation 5. Identify: facial characteristics 6. Communication: through facial expressions, blushing 7. Wound repair 8. Absorption and excretion 9. Vitamin |
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