Chapter 07 Key Terms Jeopardy
A person with an absence of color pigments
What is an albino?
or baldness, a loss of hair on the scalp
What is alopecia?
Gets smaller
areas of dried pus and blood, commonly called scabs
What are crusts?
a bluish discoloration of the skin caused by insufficient oxygen
What is cyanosis?
a closed sac with a distinct membrane that develops abnormally in a body structure; usually filled with a semisolid material
What is a cyst?
also called corium, or 'true skin.' This layer has a framework of elastic connective tissue and contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves, involuntary muscle, sweat and oil glands, and hair follicles.
What is dermis?
Gets larger
What is dilate?
The outermost layer of skin
What is epidermis?
a reddish color of the skin that can be caused by either burns or a congestion of blood in the vessels
What is erythema?
the innermost layer
What is hypodermis?
Skin
What is the integumentary system?
A yellow discoloration of the skin
What is jaundice?
(macular rash) flat spots on the skin, such as freckles
Waht is macules?
A brownish black pigment... produced in the epidermis by specialized cells called melanocytes
What is melanin?
(papular rash) firm, raised areas such as pimples and the eruptions seen in some stages of chickenpox and syphilis
What is papules?
pus-filled sacs such as those seen in acne, or pimples
What are pustules?
oil glands that usually open onto hair follicles
What are sebaceous glands?
The definition for Subcutaneous fascia is: the innermost layer. It is made of elastic and fibrous connective tissue and adipose (fatty) tissue and connects the skin to underlying muscles.
What is subcutaneous?
(sweat glands) are coiled tubes that extend through the dermis and open on the surface of the skin at pores
What are the sudoriferous glands?
a deep loss of skin surface that may extend into the dermis; may cause periodic bleeding and the formation of scars
What is an ulcer?
blisters, or fluid-filled sacs, such as those seen in chickenpox
What are vesicles?
itchy, elevated areas with an irregular shape; hives and insect bites are examples
What are wheals?