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Skin Anatomy
Skin Functions
Skin Pigmentation
Medical Terminology
Cells / Tissues
100
Epidermis, Dermis, and Subcutaneous layers
What is the three layers of skin?
100
The main function of the skin.
What is a barrier?
100
Causes pigmentation in skin.
What is Melanin?
100
A scraping away of skin.
What is an Abrasion?
100
The two catagories that all living cells are divided into.
What are Procaryotic and Eucaryotic?
200
The largest organ of the body
What is Skin?
200
Skin keeps this outside of the body.
What is infections?
200
Produces Melanin
What are Melinocytes?
200
The shedding or casting off of skin.
What is Exfoliation?
200
The muscles that are striated and voluntary.
What are skeletal muscles?
300
Where the swaet glands are located.
Where is the Dermis?
300
Tissue that serves as insulation.
What is Adipose Tissue?
300
The pinkish tinge in caucasions is caused by this.
What are blood vessels underneath the skin?
300
The lesion that is linear and scaly.
What is Excoriation?
300
The striated involuntary muscles.
What are Cardiac Muscles?
400
The lowest layer of the Epidermis.
What is the Stratum Basale?
400
The type of light radiation that skin protects us from.
What are UV rays?
400
Genitic disorder where skin is unable to produce melanin.
What is Albinism?
400
Membranes that line internal cavities of the body.
What are Serous Membranes?
400
The four types of tissue.
What are Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, and Cardiac?
500
The type of tissue that skin is.
What is Epithelial?
500
The muscle that controls the "goose bump" reaction to cold.
What are arrector muscles?
500
Yellowish pigmentation caused by too much billirubin.
What is Juandice.
500
Multiple swollen raised areas on the skin that itch.
What is Urticaria?
500
The tissue that acts the same as plastic wrap for the body.
What is Epitheial?