Integumentary System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Albino | a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin |
| Alopecia | loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers |
| Constrict | become tight or as if tight |
| Crusts | areas of dried pus and blood, commonly called ''scabs'' |
| Cyanosis | a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes |
| Dermis | the deep vascular inner layer of the skin |
| Dilate | become wider |
| Epidermis | the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates |
| Erythema | abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation) |
| Integumentary System | the skin and its appendages |
| Jaundice | yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood |
| Macules | flat spots on the skin, such as freckles |
| Papules | small solid elevation of the skin caused by inflammation, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue |
| Pustules | small inflamed pus filled blister-like lesions on the skin surface usually the result of infection |
| Sebaceous Glands | oil glands in the skin |
| Subcutaneous Fascia | innermost layer |
| Sudoriferous Glands | sweat glands |
| Ulcer | a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue |
| Vesicles | sacs made of membrane |
| Wheals | itchy, elevated areas with an irregular shape; insect bites and hives |
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