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Role of the skin in Homeostasis
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Body Temp
Body fluids
Body electrolytes
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Name some skin disorders
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Burnes
Skin caner
Eczema
Cellulitus
Herpes
Pressure ulsers
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1- Cuticle
2-Nail plate
3-Lunula
4-proximal Nail fold
5-Nail Matrix
6-Cuticle
7-Nail plate
8-Hyponychium
9-nail bed
10-Nail root
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Second Degree burns are burns down tot he muscle layer of the skin?
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False
This would be a second degree burn.
Thisrl degree burns would be burns tot he muscle layer.
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What is found in the dermis layer?
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Elastic& collagen fibers
Lymph vessels
Sensory nerve ending
Sweat glands
Arrector Pili muscle
Sebaceous glands
Blood vessels
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How often is the epidermis layer replaced?
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28 days
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What are the functions of the skin
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Protection
Regulation of body temp
Heat production
Heat loss
Formation of Vitamin D
Excretion
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What does melanin do?
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Pigmentation of the skin
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What kind of substance is secreted by the sebaceous glands?
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Oil
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What is the main component of surface skin cells?
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Keratin
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What are the 3 major skin layers?
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Epidermis
Dermis
Hypodermis/ Subcutaneous tissue
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True or False
Mitosis of the skin cells occur in the statum corneum
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False.
Stratum corneum are dead cells
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True or False
Skin is the largest organ of the body?
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True
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True or False
Vitamin D is necessary for the formation and destruction of bones?
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False
Not destruction
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True or False
Melanocytes are present in the hypodermis?
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False
Melanocytes determin the colour of your skin and so are in the epidermis.
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