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| Anything attached to a larger or major part |
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| Wax-like soft brown secretion found in the external canal of the ear |
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| A branch of science dealing with the skin, its structures, fuctions, and diseases |
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| Inner sensitive vascular layer of the skin, supplies epidermis with blood |
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| The outer, nonsensitive, nonvascular layer of the skin |
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| Something that covers or encloses as an enveloping layer such as skin or a membrane |
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| An extremely though protein substance in hair, nails, and horny tissue |
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| The space within a tube, artery, vein, or intestine |
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| The dark brown or black pigment that gives color to hair and skin |
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| A fatty, oil secretion of the sebaceous glands of the skin |
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| Relating to the sense of touch |
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(Y or No, Characteristics of the Skin)
Largest organ of the body |
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(Y or No, Characteristics of the Skin)
Is Consistent with depth |
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The body's first line of protection against disease |
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Continuous with the mucous membrane |
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Color depends upon deposits of varying amounts of melanin and upon changing amount of sebum supplied to the skin |
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(Dermis or Epidermis)
Composed of dense, firbous connective tissue |
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(Dermis or Epidermis)
Thickness varies in different parts of the body |
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(Dermis or Epidermis)
Contains all accessory appendages |
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(Dermis or Epidermis)
Has two layers |
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Has no blood or lymph vessels or nerve endings |
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Composed of stratified, squamous epithelial tissue |
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Has four layers of cells except on the palms of hands and soles of feet where there are five |
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Contains nerve endings for five types of sensations - heat, cold, pain, touch or tactile, and pressure |
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(Papillary or Reticular)
Forms a network of interlacing cells and fibers |
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Lies beneath the papillary layer |
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Produces the familiar ridges of skin which form a characteristic and unchangeable pattern of every individual |
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Elevated into tiny projections |
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Lies next to the germinal (basal) layer of epidermis |
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| Hair (follicle, shaft) is the visible part of the hair |
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| Hair root is the part of the hair that is embedded in the (bone, dermis) |
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| Hair is kept soft and pliable by two or more sebaceous glands which secrete (cerumen, sebum) |
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| Hair grows about (one-fourth, one-half) inch a month |
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| A boil or furuncle is an infection of a hair (follicle, root) |
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| Hair inside nose, ears, and around eyes protect from _____ |
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| Hair is found on all parts of the body except, _____ _____ _____ |
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| _____ muscles make hair stand |
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| Hair colors are different due to _____ |
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| (Sweat, Sebaceous) glands secrete sebum to lubricate the hair |
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| Sebaceous glands (decrease, increase) the amount of heat loss from the skin. |
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| (Ceruminous, sweat) glands consist of tubes coiled into a tiny ball surrounded by capillaries |
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| Ceruminous glands are located in (internal, external) ear canals |
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| A single square inch of skin on the palms of the hand contains (300, 3000) sweat glands. |
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Absorbs and stores heat from sunlight for use by body |
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Determins size and weight of an individual |
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Senses pain, heat, cold, touch, and pressure through nerve endings in the skin |
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Aids in maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance |
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Acts as excretory organ |
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Sends blood to heart to maintain blood pressure |
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Regulates body temperature by varying the amount of blood flowing through the skin and varying the amount of sweat excretion |
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Protects by acting as a mechanical barrier against microorganisms, sunlight, and chemicals |
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