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| 6521456088 | Apocrine sweat gland | sweat glands located in the axilla and genital regions: these glands enlarge and begin to function at puberty | 0 | |
| 6521456089 | arrector pili | smooth muscles of the skin, which are attached to hair follicles; when contraction occurs, the hair stands up, resulting in "goose flesh" | 1 | |
| 6521460072 | basal cell carcinoma | one of the most common forces of skin cancer, usually occurring on upper face, with low potential for metastasizing | 2 | |
| 6521461509 | basement membrane | the connective tissue layer of the serous membrane that holds and supports the epithelial cells | 3 | |
| 6521461510 | blackhead | sebum that accumulates, darkness, and enlarges some of the ducts of the sebaceous glands | 4 | |
| 6521464768 | blister | a baglike fluid-filled elevation of the skin caused by an irritant such as heat, friction, or a chemical | 5 | |
| 6521467386 | bulboid corpuscles | small gland located just below the prostate gland whose muscus-like secretions lubricate the terminal portion of the urthra and contribute less than 5% of the seminal fluid | 6 | |
| 6521467387 | burns | an injury to tissue resulting from contact with heat, chemicals, electricity, friction, or radiant and electromagnetic energy; classified into four categories, depending on the number of tissue layes involved | 7 | |
| 6521467414 | bursae | small, cushion-like sac found alongside joints, cushioning moving bones | 8 | |
| 6521470605 | connective tissue membranes | most abudant and widely, distributed tissue in the body, has numerous functions | 9 | |
| 6521476142 | cutaneous membrane | primary organ of the integumentary system; the skin | 10 | |
| 6521482698 | cuticle | skinfold covering the root of the nail | 11 | |
| 6521482699 | cyanosis | bluish appearance of the skin caused by dificient oxygenation of the blood | 12 | |
| 6521482700 | dehydration | excessive loss of body water, the most common fluid imbalance, an abnormally low volume of one of more body fluids | 13 | |
| 6521482701 | dermal-epidermal junction | junction between the thin epidermal layer of the skin and the dermal layer providing support for the epidermis | 14 | |
| 6521484721 | free nerve endings | specialized receptors in the skin that respond to pain | 15 | |
| 6521487793 | hair papilla | a small, cap-shaped cluster of cells located at the base of the follicle where hair growth begins | 16 | |
| 6521487794 | hypodermis (subcutaneous tissue) | the loose, ordinary (areolar) tissue just under the skin and superficial to the muscles; also called subcutaneous tissue or superficial fascia | 17 | |
| 6521493590 | integument | the skin | 18 | |
| 6521497294 | integumentary system | the skin; the largest and most important organ of the body | 19 | |
| 6521497295 | kaposi sacroma | a malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the skin characterized by purplish spots | 20 | |
| 6521499647 | keratin | protein substance found in hair, nails, outer skin cells, and horny tissues | 21 | |
| 6521499648 | lamellar (pacini) corpuscle | deep in the dermis. it is capable of detecting deep pressure on the skin surface | 22 | |
| 6521506808 | lanugo | the extremely fine and soft hair found on a newborn infant | 23 | |
| 6521508402 | lunula | crescent-shaped white area under the proximal nail bed | 24 | |
| 6521510823 | malignant melanoma | cancerous growth | 25 | |
| 6521510824 | melanin | brown skin pigment | 26 | |
| 6521513069 | melanocyte | specialized cells in the pigment layer that produced melanin | 27 | |
| 6521513070 | membrane | thin layer or sheet | 28 | |
| 6521516135 | mucocutaneous junction | the transitional area where the skin and mocous membrane meet | 29 | |
| 6521518593 | mucous membrane | epithelial membrane that line body surfaces opening directly to the exterior and secrete a thick, slippery material called mucus | 30 | |
| 6521518594 | mucus | thick, slippery material that is secreted by the mucous membrane and that keeps the membrane moist | 31 | |
| 6521520118 | papilla | small, nipple-shaped elevations | 32 | |
| 6521522535 | partial-thickness burn | term used to describe both minor burn injury and more severe burns that injure both epidermis and dermis | 33 | |
| 6521525428 | peritoneum | large, moist, slippery sheet of serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity (parietal layer) and its organs (visceral layer) | 34 | |
| 6521525429 | peritonitis | inflammation of the serous membrane in the abdominoprlvic cavity; sometimes a serious complication of an infected appendix | 35 | |
| 6521529354 | perspiration | transplant, watery liquid released by glands in the skin that eliminates ammonia and uric acid and helps maintain body temperature; also known as sweat | 36 | |
| 6521532478 | pigment | substance that gives color to the skin | 37 | |
| 6521532479 | pleura | the serous of membrane in the thoracic cavity | 38 | |
| 6521534662 | pleurisy | inflammation of the pleura | 39 | |
| 6521534663 | pores | pinpoint- size opening on the skin that serves as an outlet of a small duct from the eccrine sweat glands | 40 | |
| 6521536023 | pressure ulcer | 41 | ||
| 6521536024 | rule of nines | 42 | ||
| 6521539955 | sebaceous gland | 43 | ||
| 6521539956 | sebum | 44 | ||
| 6521542300 | second-degree burn | 45 | ||
| 6521542301 | serous membrane | 46 | ||
| 6521545958 | squamous cell carcinoma | 47 | ||
| 6521552233 | stratum corneum | 48 | ||
| 6521554417 | stratum germinativum | 49 | ||
| 6521556451 | subcutaneous tissue (superficial fascia) | 50 | ||
| 6521560896 | sudoriferous gland | 51 | ||
| 6521560897 | sweat | 52 | ||
| 6521564271 | synovial fluid | 53 | ||
| 6521564272 | synovial membrane | 54 | ||
| 6521568510 | tactile (meissner) corpuscle | 55 | ||
| 6521571643 | third degree, or full-thickness, burn | 56 | ||
| 6521571644 | visceral portion | 57 | ||
| 6522081267 | dermis | the deeper of the two major layers of the skin, composed of dense fibrous connective tissue interspersed with glands, verve endings, and blood vessels; sometimes called the true skin | 58 | |
| 6522112176 | eccrine sweat gland | small sweat glands distributed over the total body surface | 59 | |
| 6522112177 | epidermis | "false" skin; outermost layer of the skin | 60 | |
| 6522117176 | epithelial membrane | membrane composed of epithelial tissue with an underlying layer of specialized connective tissue | 61 | |
| 6522119598 | first-degree burn | minor burn with only minimal discomfort and no blistering; epidermis may peel but no dermal injury occurs | 62 | |
| 6522119599 | follicle | a pocketlike structure, such as the cylindrical pocket from which a hair gowns | 63 |
