7.3 integumentary system continued

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Psoriasis

Chronic non-contagious inherited skin disease characterized by Red areas covered with white and silver scales

Hand

Consist of 27 bones and provides the body with support and flexibility to manipulate objects in many different ways

Hair

Consists of a root and hair shaft but protects the body and covers all body parts except the palms of the hands and soles of the foot

Athlete's foot

Contagious foot fungus infection in which skin blisters and cracks into open sores

Impetigo

Contagious skin infection (usually caused by streptococci or staphylococci) with red lesions that rupture and ooze forming a yellowish brown crust

Nails

Dead keratinized epidermal epithelial cells packed closely together to form a thick dense surface but protect the fingers and toes from injury

Albinism is baldness or a permanent loss of hair on the scalp

False

Melanin and cyanosis are pigments that determine skin color

False

Sebaceous glands open on the surface of the skin at a pore

False

The dermis is made of five or six smaller layers

False

When blood vessels dilate heat is retained in the body

False

Dilate

Get larger

Constrict

Get smaller

Dermatitis

Inflammation of the skin often caused by an allergic reaction

Skin

Largest organ in the body consists of three layers protex and acts as a barrier regulates body temperature stores fat glucose water vitamins and salts allows certain substances to be absorbed through the skin eliminates waste and produces vitamin D by using ultraviolet rays

Melanoma

Most dangerous type of skin cancer

Integumentary system

Skin; also called a system a membrane and a organ

Abnormal colors for skin eruptions can indicate disease

True

Nails are made of dead keratinized epidermal epithelial cells

True

Oil glands keep the hair from becoming brittle

True

Sebum is an antibacterial and antifungal secretion that helps prevent infections on the skin

True

The skin acts as a barrier to the sun's ultraviolet rays

True

The skin is a membrane, and organ, and a system

True

The subcutaneous tissue is made of connective an adipose tissue

True

Verruca

Wart or viral infection of the skin

Acne vulgaris

inflammation of the sebaceous glands


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