Disorders
It is the official name for a blackhead
What is an open comedone?
This is the most superior stratum of the epidermis
What is the Stratum Corneum?
This is the type of sweat gland that contains fats and protiens
What is Apocrine glands?
It is caused by a reimergence of the Varcella Zoster most commonly in older adults
WHat are Shingles?
Lack of Vitamin D can lead to understimulation of osteoblasts that normally carry Calcium to bone tissue which creates a bowing of the legs
What is Rickets?
A bacterial infection of the skin around the nose and mouth more common in children
What is Impetigo?
This is the middle layer of stratum in thich skin
What is the stratum granulosum?
Pacinian Corpuscles signal the brain to this sensation
What is Pressure?
It is an allergic reaction to an internal stimuli causing red raised areas of the skin
What are Hives?
This is the form that Vitamin D started as in the cell membranes
What is hydrocholesterol?
An auto immune disorder that attacks the melanodytes creating white patches of skin
What is Vitiligo?
Pooling of melanin uner the Epidermis creates these strucutres
What are feckles?
This is the general term for itching of the skin
What is Pruritis?
Using Tilapia skin as an alternative to a split skin graft would be an examle of this type of grafting.
What is a Xenograft?
This organ converts Vitamin D3 to 25-OH D3
What is the Liver?
Cyanosis of the skin caused by nitrates in the water which block the red blood cells from attaching to oxygen. Common among infants
What is Blue Baby Syndrome?
This is the shape of the Stratum Corneum
What is Squamos?
This dead tissue is similar to a scab but is inside the wound
What is Eschar tissue?
This is an auto immune response where WBCs attack skin cells causing plaques which are scab llike areas
What is Psoriasis?
This type of Melanin allows for adeqaute Vitamin D formation in high latitudes such as Canada or Northern Europe
What is Pheomelanin?
A blueing of the skin caused by the internal and external presence of silver
What is Argyria?
This layer of the Epidermis is closest to vascular tissue
What is Stratum Basale?
These cutaneous nerve endings signal a drop in thermal temperature to the brain
What are Krause Corpuscles?
It is a fungal infection of the feet and toes
What is Tinea Pedis?
The kidneys create active Vitamin D known as Calcitriol. Spell the official chemical name of Calcitriol
What is DIHYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROL?