Integumentary anatomy
This is the outermost layer of the skin
What is the epidermis
This stage of pressure injury has undermining, and the skin is open.
What is a stage 3 pressure injury?
This is the part of the hair that extends beyond the surface of the skin
What is the shaft?
This classification for burn surface on the body is used by visually estimating a certain percentage of body surface area
What is the rule of nines?
This is what ABCDE stands for when assessing melanoma
What is asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolution
This is an inner, deeper layer, composed of connective tissue. Tattoos penetrate to this layer
What is the dermis?
This stage of pressure injury has eschar and slough, and you cannot see what is underneath
What is an unstageable pressure injury?
The part of the hair that lies within a sheath of epidermis
What is the follicle?
This procedure is when the skin is cut into to release the pressure in the deeper layers of the skin. Often done with compartment syndrome and full thickness burns
What is an escharotomy?
This is the minimum sunscreen to wear when out in the sun
What is SPF 50?
This layer of skin is also made of loose, connective tissue, as well as adipose tissue.
What is the hypodermis?
This type of skin disorder can be aggravated by cold, stress, or can be autoimmune. It has silvery, scaly plaques, and can be itchy. It can also cause complications with arthritis.
These two parts of hair are the lowest parts, and where growth occurs
What is the root and the bulb?
This type of burn involves the first layer of the skin
What is a first degree burn
This cancer arises from the basal layer
What is basal cell carcinoma?
These glands are present throughout the body, but are especially present in the palms, soles of the feet, and upper torso
What are the eccrine glands?
This type of skin injury has a prodromal stage, where the patient may feel tingling and pain before the vesicles form.
What is HSV or herpes simplex?
At the base of the hair is a cluster of connective tissue and blood vessels called the _______ that nourishes each hair
What is the papilla?
This type of burn involves muscle and bone
What is a full thickness burn?
This cancer arises from the epidermis
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
These glands are located in the axillary and groin regions
What are the apocrine glands?
This skin cancer is malignant and fatal; Its risk factors are UV ray exposure, fair skin, genetic history, and immunosuppressant therapy.
What is melanoma?
Attached to each hair follicle is a small bundle of smooth muscle called the..... Hint- in cold temperatures, this muscle contracts thanks to the sympathetic nervous system
what is the arrector pili?
You should always overestimate the surface area burned for THIS type of burn when using the rule of nines
What is an electrical burn?
This cancer arises from melanocytes
What is melanoma?