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Anatomy & Physiology I - Chapter 5: The Integumentary System

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show Epidermis  
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Name the four cells of the Epidermis?   show
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What produces a fibrous protective protein called keratin?   show
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show Melanocytes  
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What has macrophages that help activate the immune system?   show
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What cells is associated with sensory nerve endings?   show
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Name the FIVE layers of the epidermis in order?   show
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show layer  
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What is the deepest epidermal layer and is the site of mitosis; germinating layer?   show
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show Spinosum (prickly layer)  
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What contains keratinocytes that are undergoing a great deal of physical changes, turning them into tough outer cells of the epidermis?   show
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What is found only in the thick skin and is complsed of the dead keratinocytes?   show
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show Corneum  
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show Dermis  
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show Papillary and Reticular  
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show Papillary  
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show Reticular  
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Name the three pigment skin color.   show
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What is a polymer made of tyrosine amino acids, yellow to reddish-brown to black in color?   show
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What is the layer of skin beneath of the dermis and is composed of adipose?   show
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show sudoriferous glands  
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Name the two types of sweat glands:   show
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What glands produce true sweat, are most numerous, and are mostly on the palms of hands, soles of feet, and forehead; also called merocrine sweat glands?   show
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What is confined to the axillary and anogenital areas and produce true sweat plus fatty substances and proteins?   show
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show Ceruminous glands  
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show Mammary glands  
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What is a simple alveolar glands found all over the body except the palms of the hands and soles of the feet that secrete sebum, an oily secretion; function as holocrine glands secreting their product into a hair follicle or to the pore of the skin?   show
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Name the THREE hair center layers cells:   show
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Hairs can be classified as...   show
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show vellus  
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show terminal  
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Hair growth and density are influenced mostly importantly by...   show
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show 90  
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Hair thinning and some degree of baldness is called...   show
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show gene and sex-influenced condition  
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show Nails  
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show nail bed  
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show nail matrix  
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What is another name of cuticle?   show
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The part beneath the free edge where dirt and debris are collected is called...   show
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show chemical, physical, and biological  
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Name the skin functions:   show
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What barriers include skin secretions and melanin?   show
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What barriers provides the continuity of skin and the hardness of its keratinized cells?   show
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What is the waterproofing epidermis that block the diffusion of water?   show
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show 1) lipid-soluble 2) oleoresins 3) organic solvents 4) salts of heavy meterals 5) drugs agent called penetration enhancers  
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show biological  
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show sweat glands, constriction of the dermal blood vessels  
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show Cutaneous sensation  
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show Metabolic  
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How many percent can the blood reservoir hold in the body blood supply?   show
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show Excretion  
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What is an important avenue for water and salt (sodium chloride) loss?   show
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The most common skin disorders are...   show
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show basale  
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show Lucidum and corneum  
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show sebaceous oil glands  
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show A=asymmetry, B=border irregularly, C=color, D=diameter, E=elevation  
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What is the least malignant and the most common skin cancer?   show
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show squamous cell carcinoma  
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Most dangerous skin cancer and highly metastatic and resistant to chemotherapy.   show
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