4.2 Knowt Cards Bryce LaRoche

What are the five different glands in the integument?

The Sebaceous Glands, the Sudoriferous glands, the Scent Glands, the Ceruminous Glands, and the Mammary Glands

What is the function of the Sebaceous Glands?

To produce sebum (oil) to keep the skin pliable

What is the medical term for oil?

Sebum

Where are sebaceous glands located?

Everywhere on the skin but the palms or soles of the feet

What causes the secretion of oil?

Sex hormones like estrogen or testosterone

What are the Sudoriferous glands?

Glands that release sweat for cooling.

Where are the Sudoriferous glands not located?

The lips, ears, and nipples.

What is sweat made up of?

Water, NaCl, and urea

Where are scent glands located?

The axillary region, genital region, inguinal region, perianal region

What are Ceruminous Glands?

Glands that secrete wax

Where are Ceruminous Glands located?

In the outer ear (The external auditory meatus)

What are the areolar glands also known as?

The glands of Montgomery

What is the function of the areolar glands?

To lubricate the nipple during nursing

What is Colostrum?

Water, a bit of lactose, and some antibodies.

What is breast milk made up of?

Lactose, fat, calcium, and antibodies

When does breast milk come in?

The 4th day after childbirth

Why are there no blood vessels in the epidermis of the skin?

Because Epithelial tissue has no blood vessels?

What is the medical term for bruises?

Ecchymosis

What are the three types of sensory nerve fibers in the skin?

Thermoreceptors, Mechanoreceptors, and pain fibers (Noxiceptors)

What does innervate mean?

To provide supply to?

What proteins makes up the nail?

Keratin

What are six viral infections of the skin?

Smallpox, chickenpox, measles, German Measles, Cold sores and fever blisters, and warts

What does patho mean?

Disease

What is the treatment for most viral infections?

Immunization

What are three examples of bacterial infection in the skin?

Pimples and boils, acne, and chancre

What are pimples and boils?

Usually staphylococcus aureus infections of the sebaceous glands.

What is the treatment for bacterial infections of the skin?

Antibiotics

What are four fungal infections of the skin?

Athlete’s foot, Ringworm, crotch eczema, and vaginal yeast infection

What are allergies?

Hypersensitivity to an innocuous agent

What does innocuous mean?

Harmless

How do you treat allergic reactions?

An antihistamine

What are moles?

Pigmented elevation of skin

What is keratosis?

Brownish warty growths 

What are bedsores?

Red sores that form over bony prominences in bed-ridden patients

What is albinism?

An inability to produce melanin

What is jaundice?

A yellowing of the skin caused by hyperbilirubinemia

What are keloids?

Dense fibrous connective tissue scar mass resulting from a traumatic injury or burn, associated with abnormal collagen synthesis during healing

What are three types of burns

First, Second, and Third degree burns

What level of skin do first degree burns affect?

The epidermis

What level of skin do second degree burns affect?

Intradermal

What level of skin do third degree burns affect?

All of them

What are the rules of nines used for?

To measure the coverage of burns over the body