Structures
What is the outermost layer of the skin?
Epidermis
What is the primary function of the skin?
Protection
This skin disease is due to an underlying liver condition that turns the eyes and skin a shade of yellow.
Jaundice
This cancer is the most deadly with only a 50% survival rate. It can also be located anywhere on the body.
Malignant Melanoma
Which burn type is the least painful and why?
3rd degree; due to the nerve endings being burned off completely.
The stratum lucidum is only found in.....
Thick Skin
What is synthesized in the skin by absorbing sunlight?
When skin is blue due to poorly oxygenated blood
cyanosis
This cancer is the most common, typically found on the face and can surgically be removed fairly easily.
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Which burn can a sunburn be classified under?
First Degree
What cell produces the pigment that determines skin color?
Melanocytes
How does the skin help regulate body temperature?
Through sweat production and blood vessel dilation/constriction
What condition causes melanocytes to stop producing melanin in areas of the skin?
Vitiligo
This cancer affects the stratum spinosum and can be found on the scalp, ears, and lower lip.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Which burn damages the epidermis and dermis?
Second Degree
What are the 2 main structures housed in the dermis?
Blood vessels and nerves
The gland that secretes ear wax is known as what?
Ceruminous glands
Why does a superficial wound of the epidermis heal differently than a deep wound?
Because the epithelial cells can easily regenerate.
Which of the three types of cancer is the one does not honor the boundary between the dermis and epidermis?
Basal Cell Carcinoma
What areas of the body are considered critical if they get a 3rd degree burn?
Face, palms of hands, or soles of feet.
Which layer of the epidermis contains lagerhan cells?
Stratum spinonsum
Genetically determined pattern of friction ridges formed by dermal papillae create what structure?
Fingerprints
List and describe the stages of healing a deep wound.
Involves the formation of a blood clot from the released blood
The blood clot and dried tissue fluids form a scab to cover the wound
Fibroblasts migrate into the area, and secrete collagen fibers to bind the edges of the wound together
Phagocytic cells remove debris and dead cells
Damaged tissue is replaced and the scab sloughs off
What is the ABCDE Rule?
A- Asymmetry
B- Border Irregularities
C- Color
D- Diameter
E-Evolution
Describe the rule of nines.
The body is divided into 11 regions and each region, aside from the perineum, is a factor of 9. It separated the anterior and posterior as different regions. Head & Neck total- 9%
Both arms- 18%
Trunk of body- 36%
Legs-36%
Perinium- 1%