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Basics
Epidermis
Skin Coloration
Skin
Misc
100
How does the integumentary system excrete wastes?
What is through sweat or sebaceous glands
100
What type of tissue does the skin contain? (Think different types of cells)
What is keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
100
What does an albino person lack?
What is the ability to produce melanin
100
What does the protein elastin do?
What is permits the stretching and recoiling of the skin
100
What are accessory structures?
What is hair, sweat glands, nails
200
How does the integumentary system maintain body temperature?
What is sweating when hot and shivering when cold
200
Which layer (stratum) provides new cells for the epidermis?
What is the stratum basale
200
What has the ability to protect DNA from UV radiation?
What is melanin
200
If you cut perpendicular to the cleavage lines what would happen?
What is increased chance of scarring
200
This pigment produces variations in hair color.
What is melanin
300
What is the superficial layer of the epidermis?
What is the stratum corneum
300
What has 4 epidermal layers? What has 5?
What is thin skin and thick skin
300
What turns your skin yellow?
What is jaundice
300
What causes goosebumps?
What is the arrector pili muscles
300
What type of glands discharge an oily secretion?
What is sebaceous glands
400
Where is the epidermis located? The dermis?
What is the top layer that you can see and the layer underneath that
400
If you stepped on a thorn how many layers of skin would it penetrate?
What is 5 layers
400
What does melanin do to pigmentation?
What is the more melanin you produce the darker you are
400
What is the medical terminology for a scrape?
What is an abrasion
400
Where does nail production occur?
What is the nail root
500
What are the two components of the integumentary system?
What is the cutaneous membrane and accessory structures
500
What produces melanin?
What is melanocytes
500
What vitamin does the skin produce when exposed to the sunlight?
What is cholecalciferol or vitamin D
500
What is the medical term for a bruise?
What is a contusion
500
What are wrinkles caused by?
What is loss of elastic fibers