Accessory Structures of The Skin: The Skin - Glands, Hair
Accessory Structures of The Skin: The Skin - Glands, Hair
Accessory Structures of The Skin: The Skin - Glands, Hair
33. Exfoliation: The process when cells are been lost at the
surface and replaced from below especially in areas like the
scalp, face, soles of the feet. and plams of the hands
34. Fissure: A crack in the skin
35. Fissure: A crack in the skin, such as that observed with
athlete's foot, is called a (n)
36. Flushing: Redness of the skin, often related to fever
37. Functions of the skin are: Protection against infection,
protection against dehydration (drying), regulation of the body
temperature, collection of sensory information
38. Good care of the skin includes: Good nutrition, cleansing,
and sun protection
39. Hair follicle: A sheath of epithelial and connective tissue
that encloses the hair.
40. Impetigo: An acute contagious skin disease caused by
staphylococci or straptococci may be extremely serious in
infants and young children. The disease is
41. Integument: Another name for the skin as a whole
42. Jaundice: A yellowish discoloration due to the presence of
bile pigments in the blood
43. Jaundice: A condition in which the skin takes on a
yellowish discoloration due to excess bile pigments
44. Keloids: Excess collagen production that may result in
45. Keratin: The protein in the epidermis that thickens and
protects the skin
46. Keratin: Hair and nails are composed mainly of a protein
named
47. Keratin, sebum: They protect against dehydration
48. Large wound repair: Requires extensive growth of new
connective tissue, which develops from within the wound
49. Macule: A spot that is neither raised nor depressed
50. Melanin: The main pigment of the skin is
51. Melanocytes: A pigment-producing cell that becomes
more active in the presence of ultraviolet light
52. Nerves: Carry sensory information from the skin to the
brain
53. Other activities of the skin: Absorbed some drugs such as
estrogens, other steroids, anesthetics, and medications to
control motion sickness-can be absorbed from patches
54. Pallor: Palenes of the skin
55. Pruritis: Severe itching of the skin
56. Pruritus: Another term for Itching
57. Psoriasis: Chronic skin disease characterized by red flat
areas covered with silvery scales
58. Pustule: A vesicle filled with pus
59. Ringworn: Which of the following skin disorders could be
treated with antiviral agents?
60. Root: The portion of the hair below the skin
61. Rule of nines: The body surface area involved in a burn
measuring may be estimated using
62. Scleroderma: A disease resulting from excess collagen
production
63. Sebaceous: Excess activity of these glands contributes to
acne vulgaris
64. Sebaceous (oil) Glands: The ducts of these glands open
into the hair follicles; they are saclike in structure, and their
oily secretion: lubricates the skin and hair and prevents drying
65. Sebaceous cyst: Overactivity of the sebaceous glands
during adolescence may play a part in the common skin
disease called
66. Sebaceous gland: Are saclike in structure, and their oily
secretion (sebum) lubricates the skin and hair and prevents
drying
67. Shaft: The part of the hair that projects above the skin