Med-Surg Nursing - 22
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- alopecia
- partial or complete loss of hair
- apocrine sweat glands
- sweat glands that secrete a milky substance that becomes odoriferous when altered by skin surface bacteria
- dermis
- the supportive connective tissue layer below the epidermis
- eccrine sweat glands
- sweat glands that function to cool the body by evaporation
- epidermis
- the avascular superficial layer of the skin, made up of an outer, dead, cornified portion that serves as a protective barrier and a deeper, living portion that folds into the dermis
- intertriginous
- overlapping
- keloid
- overgrowth of collagenous tissue at site of skin injury
- keratinocytes
- cells synthesized from epidermal cells in the basal layer, they produce a specialized protein, keratin, which is vital to the protective barrier function of the skin
- melanocyte
- a type of epidermal cell that is scattered throughout the basal layer of the skin and secretes melanin, the pigment that gives color to the skin and protects from ultraviolet light
- mongolian spots
- benign bluish-black macules
- pseudofolliculitis
- bacterial disorder caused by Staphylococcus aureus characterized by erythematous papules
- sebaceous glands
- glands that secrete sebum, which is emptied into the hair shaft