contact with chemicals can cause this inflammation of the skin
What is contact dermatitis?
100
the pigment within hair and skin
Melanin
100
Most superficial layer of the dermis
What is the papillary layer?
100
Type of gland that releases secretions outside of the body through a duct
What are exocrine glands?
100
This epithelial membrane is also called the skin
What is the cutaneous membrane?
200
Warts are caused by this type of pathogen
What is a virus?
200
describing redness of the skin
What is erythema?
200
Melanocytes are found in this layer
What is the stratum basale of epidermis?
200
Name of gland that produces sebum to soften the hair
What are sebaceous glands?
200
These membranes produce a clear watery fluid
What are serous membranes?
300
This viral infection initially causes a widespread, itchy rash during childhood and can later cause a painful localized rash because it lies dormant in the nerves, reactivating due to a comprimised immune system
What is chicken pox (shingles)?
300
Layer of the skin that is avascular
What is the epidermis?
300
Specific layer of the skin containing Pacinian receptors
What is the reticular layer of the dermis?
300
Receptor in skin detecting light touches
What are Meissners receptors?
300
This membrane lines the mediastinum (heart cavity)
What is the parietal pericardium?
400
This skin lesion is caused by an antibiotic resistant bacteria
What is MRSA?
400
Glands that produce sebum
What are sebaceous glands?
400
These are the layers of the epidermis listed from superficial to deep
What is the
stratum corneum
s. lucidum
s. granulosum
s. spinosum
s. basale
400
Two proteins found in the dermis giving the dermis both strength and resilience
What are collagen and elastin?
400
Name the visceral membrane that would be cut through when performing an appendectomy
What is the visceral peritoneum
500
Describe how the ABCD rule is used
What is
Asymmetry
Border irregularity
Color change
Diameter larger than 6mm
(to recognize possibly cancerous skin markings)
500
Most superficial layer of the epidermis
What is the stratum corneum?
500
This skin cancer affects the stratum spinosum layer of the epidermis
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
500
These are two types of sweat glands and the difference between the two
What are
1. eccrine: are found everywhere on the body and release watery sweat to release heat
2. apocrine: found on genitals and in axillary region; only active after puberty
500
These connective tissue membranes are found only in joints