classifications of body membranes
What are simple organs with epithelial and connective tissue components?
epithelial membranes
Name 1 skin function
protects organs, regulates body temperature, synthesizes defensive proteins with vitamin D
What does skin lose as we age?
Elasticity and thickness
What does the rule of nine do?
divides the body into 11 areas containing 9 percent of the total bodies surface.
The most common skin cancer
Basal Cell Carcinoma
What is the mucous membrane?
Epithelial sheet connected to a lamina propria
The epidermis is what part of the skin?
Superficial
What is a risk for skin if you get to much sunlight?
Skin cancer
What is a second degree burn?
injury to the epidermis and superficial part of the dermis
a cancer of melanocytes
Malignant cancer
The superficial epidermis, and deep dermis
What do sebaceous glands produce?
Sebum
Balding or graying occur because of mainly what?
Aging
what is a third degree burn?
destroys both the epidermis and the dermis and extend to subcutaneous tissues
This form of cancer appears most commonly in the back of the scalp and ears
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
What does the serous membrane do?
lines the ventral body cavity
Hooflike derivatives of the epidermis
Nails
True or false. losing hair and graying are genetical
False
the anterior trunk contain how much body surface?
36%
What is 1 effect cancer?
uncontrolled cell growth, tissue invasion and destruction, Metastasis, immune system suppression.
What are synovial membranes?
connective tissue that line the inner surface of joints
Skin appendages are formed by what?
The epidermis
When is your skin thick, resilient and well hydrated
at youth
what is the perineum?
the muscle around the genitals
what does the ABCDE rule stand for?
Asymmetry, Border irregularity, color, diameter, evolution