CLASSWORK - Ch. 7.2 Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities Key Terms
CLASSWORK - Ch. 7.2 Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities Key Terms
CLASSWORK - Ch. 7.2 Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities Key Terms
CLASSWORK - Ch. 7.2 Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities Key Terms
CLASSWORK - Ch. 7.2 Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities Key Terms
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Albino

  • Albino: A person with an absence of color pigments.
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Alopecia

  • Alopecia: Baldness; a loss of hair on the scalp.
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Constrict

  • Constrict: To get smaller (referring to blood vessels retaining heat).
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Crusts

  • Crusts: (Term listed but not described in provided text).
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Cyanosis

  • Cyanosis: A bluish discoloration of the skin caused by insufficient oxygen.
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Cyst

  • Cyst: (Term listed but not described in provided text).
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Dermis

  • Dermis: Also called corium, or "true skin," containing blood vessels, nerves, glands, and hair follicles.
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Dilate

  • Dilate: To get larger (referring to blood vessels releasing excess heat).
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Epidermis

  • Epidermis: The outermost layer of skin, consisting of five smaller layers and no blood vessels.
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Erythema

  • Erythema: A reddish color of the skin, caused by burns or a congestion of blood.
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Hypodermis

  • Hypodermis: The innermost layer, made of elastic and fibrous connective tissue and adipose tissue.
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Integumentary system

  • Integumentary system: The skin, covering the body.
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Jaundice

  • Jaundice: A yellow discoloration of the skin, indicating bile in the blood due to liver/gallbladder disease or red blood cell destruction.
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Macules

  • Macules: Flat discolored lesions less than 1 cm in diameter.
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Melanin

  • Melanin: A brownish black pigment produced in the epidermis by melanocytes, determining basic skin color.
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Papules

  • Papules: (Term listed but not described in provided text).
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Pustules

  • Pustules: (Term listed but not described in provided text).
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Sebaceous glands

  • Sebaceous glands: Oil glands that usually open onto hair follicles and produce sebum.
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Subcutaneous fascia

  • Subcutaneous fascia: Same as the hypodermis.
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Sudoriferous glands

  • Ulcer: (Term listed but not described in provided text).
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Vesicles

  • Vesicles: (Term listed but not described in provided text).
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  • Wheals: 

wheals: (Term listed but not described in provided text).

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ucler

Ucler:(Term listed but not described in provided text).

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