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The epidermal layer that is continuously being shed during every day activity.
What is the stratum corneum?
The first stage of wound healing is known as this
What is hemostasis?
According to the Rule of Nines if an individual suffers burns to only their head (front and back) what percentage of their total body surface area is affected?
What is 9%?
Spider shaped epithelial cells found in the bottom two layers of the epidermis
What are melanocytes?
Hair grows from this
What is the hair bulb?
These receptors are slow adapting, found in the epidermis and sense sustained light touch
What are Merkel's Discs?
The epidermal layer that is only found in thick skin (for example: the palms of your hands).
what is the stratum lucidum?
The second stage of healing is known as this
What is the inflammatory phase?
According to the Rule of Nines if an individual suffers burns to the front and back of both legs and nowhere else, what percentage of their total body surface area is affected?
What is 36%?
The role of melanin
What is protection of the skin from the sun's harmful UV rays?
Oil glands are also known as
What are sebaceous glands?
These receptors are fast adapting, found in the dermis, and are responsible for detecting fine touch, fine pressure, and low frequency vibrations (like your phone).
What are Meissner's Corpuscles?
The boundary between the epidermis and dermis is a wavy layer called this
What is the dermal papillae?
During this phase of healing, blood cells arrive to help build new tissue
What is the proliferative phase?
According to the Rule of Nines if an individual suffers burns to their entire right arm and upper chest only, what percentage of their total body surface area is affected?
What is 18%?
(9% for entire right arm, 9% for upper chest)
Uncontrolled division of melanocytes
What is melanoma?
Sudoriferous glands are broken down into two types known as
What are eccrine and apocrine glands?
These corpuscles are associated with pain / heavy pressure.
What are Pacinian Corpuscles?
The arrangement of the collagen fibers causes this
What are lines of cleavage or lines of tension?
What is 3 months?
According to the Rule of Nines if an individual suffers burns to only their perineum, what percentage of their total body surface area is affected?
What is 1%?
Uncontrolled division of cells in the stratum basale layer
What is basal cell carcinoma?
Sweat contains an antimicrobial peptide known as this
What is dermcidin?
These receptors are responsible for detecting heat
What are Ruffini Corpuscles?
The dermis is composed of which 2 layers?
What is the papillary layer and the reticular layer?
True of false: it takes roughly 5 years for wounds to return to 100% of their original strength
What is false? (wounds never return to 100%)
A 45 year old male has burns to the front and back of both arms, anterior trunk, back of left leg, anterior and posterior sides of right leg, posterior head, and perineum. What is the total body surface area % that is burned?
What is 68.5%
(18% for both arms, 18% for entire anterior trunk, 9% for back of left leg, 18% for entire right leg, 4.5% for back of head, 1% for perineum)
uncontrolled division of cells in the stratum spinosum layer
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
Sebaceous glands are holocrine glands which means this happens to their cells
What is the whole cell bursts?
These receptors are slow adapting and help detect cold sensations
What are Kraus bulbs?