Skin
The outer layer of the skin
What is the Epidermis?
What is the scalp?
Oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands
What is sebum?
The amount of time for a normal capillary refill
What is less than 3 seconds?
Decrease stress, get adequate rest, healthy coping skills, and dietary changes.
What are lifestyle changes that improve skin conditions?
The layer of skin containing vessels, nerves, glands and follicles.
What is the Dermis?
The time when hair growth begins to slow
When is midlife?
Age demographic where glands are least active
What are older adults?
The white half moon found at the base of the nail
What is the Lanula?
Test that uses black light to identify some fungal infections
What is woods light examination?
The vitamin that is synthesized by the skin when exposed to sunlight
What is Vitamin D?
The hormone responsible for the pigment of hair and skin
What is melanin?
The sweat glands that release water and electrolytes during perspiration
What are Eccrine glands?
What is the normal nail shape?
Treatment performed by using liquid nitrogen to freeze off skin growth
What is Cryosurgery?
The receptors responsible for sensations of heat
Coarse hair that begins to develop at puberty
What is terminal hair?
Glands that are found around nipples, anogenital area, mammary glands, eyelids, and external ear
What are apocrine glands?
Abnormal shape of the nail that is indicative of cardiopulmonary disease
What is nail clubbing?
A treatment used to treat dandruff
What are antiseborrheic agents?
The transfer of heat through contact
What is conduction?
The two components that make up hair
What are keratin and amino acids?
The two electrolytes that are primarily lost during perspiration
What are sodium and chloride?
A brown line seen through the nail that can be a sign of infective endocarditis?
Treatment that uses heat to destroy growths
What is electrodesiccation?