integumentary system
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noace on August 14, 2008
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The skin provides a protective two-way barrier between our internal enviroment and the outside world.It also plays an important role in temperature regulation, houses sensory receptors to detect the environment around us and secretes important fluids.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 albin/o | white |
| bi/o | life |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| electr/o | electricity |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| 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 |
| xere/o | dry |
| epidermis | thin, outer membrane layer or the skin |
| basal layer | deepest layer of the epidermis, which contain melanocytes |
| melanin | responsible for the color of the skin; also protects against damage for the ultraviolet rays of the sun |
| keratin | hard protein |
| dermis | middle, fibrous connective tissue layer also known as True Skin. it is a living tissue |
| subcutaneous layer | innermost layer containing fatty tissues called lipocytes, they protect deep tissues of the body and acts as an insulation for heat and cold |
| first degree burns | superficial; skin reddened |
| second degree burns | partial thickness; blisters |
| third degree burns | full thickness; charring |
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