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| What is the largest organ of the body? |
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| What is the scientific name for skin? |
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| What is the outer layer of the skin? |
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| What is the process of a steroid that is converted to calcitriol, a hormone important to normal calcium metabolism? |
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| What is the scientific name for the epidermis? |
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| stratified squamous epithelium |
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| What part of the skin is avascular? |
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| What kind of cells are usually inert or dead? |
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| excessive shedding of cells from outer layer of scalp skin |
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| What is the epidermis dominated by? |
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| What is a tough, fibrous protein and is the basic structural component of hair and nails in humans? |
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| Is sanding off your fingertips a permanent condition? |
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| What is an orange-yellow pigment that normally accumulates in epidermal cells? |
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| in orange vegetables like carrots |
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| What can carotene be converted into that helps maintain epithelium and for the synthesis of photoreceptor pigments in the eye? |
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| What is a brown, yellow-brown, or black pigment produced by melanocytes? |
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| What do melanocytes manufacture melanin from? |
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| What pigment do albino individuals not have the ability to produce? |
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| What are small pigmented areas on pale skin where more melanin is being produced? |
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| What are variable pigmented areas that develop on sun exposed skins in older individuals with pale skin? |
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| What is a malignant melanoma? |
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| pigment in red blood cells that binds to and transports oxygen |
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| liver cannot excrete bile so a yellowish pigment accumulates in body fluids |
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| pituitary gland secretes large quantities of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and causes a darkening of the skin |
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| individuals lose their melanocytes (immune system malfunctions and antibodies attack normal melanocytes) |
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