first section of vocab on Integumentary SYSTEM
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| integumentary 4 funct. | 2-way barrier, temp regulation, sensory rec., secret fluids | |
| integ. organs (5) | skin, hair, nails, sebaceous gl, sweat gl. | |
| albin/o | white | |
| bi/o | life | |
| cry/o | cold | |
| cutane/o | skin | |
| derm/o | skin | |
| dermat/o | skin | |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating | |
| electr/o | electricity | |
| erythr/o | red | |
| hidr/o | sweat | |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry | |
| kerat/o | hard, horn | |
| leuk/o | white | |
| lip/o | fat | |
| melan/o | blackk | |
| myc/o | fungus | |
| necr/o | death | |
| onych/o | nail | |
| pil/o | hair | |
| phot/o | light | |
| py/o | pus | |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle | |
| scler/o | hard | |
| seb/o | oil | |
| trich/o | hair | |
| ungu/O | nail | |
| vesic/o | bladder | |
| xer/o | dry | |
| -derma | skin | |
| -opsy | view of | |
| -tome | instrument used to cut | |
| allo- | other, different | |
| xeno- | strange, foreign | |
| cutaneous membrane | 1 part of the integ sys, part of skin | |
| integument | 1 part of the integ sys, part of skin | |
| pathogens | disease causing organisms | |
| sebaceous glands | produce oil for lubrication | |
| sensory receptors | detect temp, pain, touch, pressure | |
| sweat glands | produce sweat to cool | |
| dermis | middle layer, fibrous connective tissue | |
| epidermis | thin top layer, epithelial tissue | |
| subcutaneous layer | lowest layer, made of lipocytes,insulates, | |
| basal layer | deepest layer, growing & multipling | |
| keratin | hard protein that fill cells of higher layers | |
| melanin | black pigement, protect against UV | |
| melanocytes | produce melanin, in basal layer | |
| stratified squamous epithelium | type of tissue with flat cells in layers | |
| collagen fibers | strong fiberous protein, flexible glue | |
| corium | another name for dermis | |
| hypodermis | another name for subcutaneous | |
| lipocytes | fat cells in subcutaneous | |
| arrector pili | smooth muscle causes hair standing up or "goose bumps" | |
| hair follicle | cavity for the hair | |
| hair root | bottom of hair | |
| hair shaft | upper section of hair | |
| cuticle | soft tissue around base of nail | |
| free edge | expose nail (white part) | |
| lunula | light half-moon area at base of nail | |
| nail bed | tissue under the nail, connected to nail body | |
| nail body | plate of keratin | |
| nail root | tip where nails grow from | |
| sebum | oil that lubricates hair & skin | |
| sudoriferous gl | other name from sweat gl | |
| apocrine gl | pubic & underarms glands (BO) | |
| perspiration | sweat norm=colorless&odorless | |
| sweat duct | channel for sweat | |
| sweat pore | opening of the sweat duct |
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