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consists of 3000 sq inches
only weighs about 6lbs
its layers make up the integumentary system |
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| 1 inch of skin consists of |
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650 sweat glands
65 hair follicles
19 yeards of capillaries
78 yeards of nerves and cells |
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| seven funtions of the skin |
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sensation(feeling)
secretion/hydration (secretes sebum)and protective barrier
absorption(water and oxygen)
regulation (maintains body temp)
protection (Sheilds from enviroment)
excertion (eliminates wastes)
respiration (takes oxygen in through the pores and releases carbon dioxide) |
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Epidermis
dermis
subcutaneous/hypodermis |
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5 Layers
stratum germinativium (bottom)
Stratum Spinsoum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum lucidum
stratum corneum "horny" |
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| cell divison occurs here. basal cells constatnly divide and produce to replace cells on top that have been shed. melanocytes are found her; amount of melanin present determines skins color |
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has cells that contain melanin to distribute to other cells
can become irregulary shaped and appear to have spines |
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cells are more reglary shaped
in the process of replacing cells that are shed from the stratum corneum |
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on the palms of the hand and and sole of the feet
found where there are no hair follicles |
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top layer
toughest layer composed of keratinized cells constantly being replaced
protects skin moisture |
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| composed of connective tissues containing collagen protein and elastin fibers |
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| 90 percent is de to enivironmental influences |
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Controlled by nervous system
coiled base w/ tuble-like opeining on skins surface
has 3 main functions: control and regulate body temp, excertion of wastes and helps maintain pH level |
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| sebaceous Glands (oil glands) |
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sac like glands found attached to hair follicle
secretes sebum which mixes with seat crating acide mantle
sebum is secreted onto skin due to papillary canal |
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protective cusion for skin
composed of fatty and loose tissue
contains large blood vessles that transports nousiment to skin cells and nerves
hair follicel begins here |
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| melanin is distrib through epidermal cells and for barrier against uvrays |
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| 3 factors that determine skin color |
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melanin cartene(pigment) bood from capillaries
Light and dark skin dont differ in mumber of melancytes they contain a differneces in melanin produced |
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| Sympotoms and Signs of disease and disorder |
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| 2 classifications subject (feel) and objective (see) |
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| study of the cause of diseases |
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| medical opinion of the future condition of an illness |
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| region in an organ or tissue that has suffered damage |
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| discoloration of skins surface (freckles) |
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| hardened re elevation of skin where no fluid is present (pimple) |
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fluid filled elevations caused by localized accumulation of fluids or blood below epidermas (herpes simplex)
NO SERVICE |
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| lesion, like vessicles, but bigger this happens when a second degree burn occurs |
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| small elevations of the skin that contain puss (pimple with puss) |
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| solid formation above skin caused by a bug bite (HIVES) |
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| solid masses in skin (nodule) |
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| shedding, dead cells of uppermost level of epidermis (psoriasis) |
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| dried masses: remains of ooze (SCab) |
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| mechanical abraions/injurites to the epidermis (scratches) |
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| crack in skin (chapped lips) |
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| pigmentation abnormalities |
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| too much color or too little color in a particlare area of the skin |
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| terms used to describe hyper pigmentation caused by over activity of melancytes in the epidermis |
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| gopo of macules occring in the one place (liver spots) |
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| birthmark or congenital mole |
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| hypopigmentation (lack of pigment) of the skin caused by decreased in activty of melancytes |
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| congential failure of teh skin to produce melanin pigment |
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| oval or irreglar patches of whitte skin that dont have normal pigment |
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| masses of sebum trapped in hair follicle |
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| accumulation of hardened sebum beneath the skin |
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| chronic, inflammarty disorder of sebaceos gland |
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| chronic inflammatory congestion of cheeks and nose, observed as redness, w/papules and sometimes pustles NO SERVICE |
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| excessive secretion of sebaceous glands |
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| sebaceous buyst or we, is a tumber of teh sebaceous gland filled with sebum (appears on scalp neck or back) |
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| boils appear in dermis and teh epidermis and caused by an acte baterial infection localized infections fo hair follicles (caused by staph) NO SERVICE |
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cluseter of furuncles caused by acute bacterial infection of several adjoing hair follicle.
drain through mulitple opeings on the skins surface (caused by staph) |
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| foul smelling perspirtion caused by yeast and and bacteria of the skin |
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| lack of prespiration caused by fever or disease adn requires medical attention |
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| over production of perspiration caused by excessivve heat or general body weakness |
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| acute erruption of small red vesicles w burning and itching of teh skin caused by excessive heat no service |
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| inflammatory disorder of teh skin NO SERVICE |
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| dry or moist lesions with inflammatoion of the skin NO SERVICE |
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| contagious bacterial infection that produces honey yellow crusted lesion usually on the face NOSERVICE |
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| dry scaly skin with reduced sebum production |
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| conversion of living cells into dead protein |
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| integumentary (in-teg-u-men-tary) |
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| the study of the skin and it strutucture and fucions and disesae and treatment |
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| complex secretion containg high percententage of fatty oily substances |
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| tans skin to protect it fromburing rays fo the sun |
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| new cells found in teh stratum cornieum |
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