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Integumentary Test Review
Define these terms:
1. Meissner’s corpuscles: touch receptors
2. Cuticle: outermost single layer of cells that overlap like shingles
3. Shaft:part of the hair that projects form the scalp
4. Lucidum: palms of hand and soles of feet
5. Papillary: makes up part of the dermis along with the reticular tissue
6. Impetigo: highly contagious, pink lesions, and then forms a yellow crust
7. Second degree burn: blisters and redness
8. First degree burn: just red skin
9. Lanula: white cresent of the nail
Answer these questions:
1. What are the categories of epithelial tissue membranes?
Mucous, cutaneous, and serous
2. What are the serous membranes?
Anything that has visceral or parietal with it and is on the inside of the body.
3. Where are these membranes found? (found directly in notes)
a. Visceral peritoneumb. Visceral pleurac. Parietal pericardiumd. Parietal peritoneume. Parietal pleura4. What is the connective tissue membrane?
Synovial
5. What membrane is the skin?
cutaneous
6. Where are mucous membranes located?
Respiratory, urinary, reproductive, digestive
7. What are the vital functions of the skin?
Converts modified epidermal cholesterol to vitamin D
8. What is the substance in the skin that causes it to be water proof?
Keratin
9. Which layer of the skin has no blood supply of its own?
Epidermis
10. Which layer insulates deeper tissues from extreme temperature changes?
subcutaneous
11. What is the sequence of the layers of the epidermis from outermost to innermost?
Corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, germinativum
12. Which of the following homeostatic imbalances is caused by a virus?
a. Athlete’s foot
b. Cold sores
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c. Cyanosis
d. Contact dermatitis
e. Impetigo
Why is the “tanning effect” somewhat protective?
Protects from UV light
Which layer of the skin contains keratin?(epidermis)
Corneum
Where are the melanocytes found?
Basale
What is found in the dermis?
Touch and pain receptors
Acne is a disorder associated with inflammation of what type of gland?
Subaceous glands
The papillary layer of the dermis has what structure there?
Dermal papillae
What are fingernails?
Modified epidermal cells
What do eccrine glands secrete?
99% water and sodium chloride, waste
What are Sebaceous glands important for Mrs. J has an allergy to certain chemicals that cause itching,
redness, and swelling of her skin. What is her condition called?
Contact dermatitis
What is the first threat to life from a massive third-degree burn?
dehydration
If a person has severe burns, the two most life-threatening concerns are what?
Dehydration and infection
Which of the following is an indication of melanoma?
ABCD of skin checking
Male pattern baldness has a genetic switch that turns on in response to what?
Male hormones