Fundamentals of Nursing FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Fundamentals of Nursing FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS adipocyte - √√ fat cell albinism - √√ condition of skin deficient in pigment (melanin) apocrine sweat gland - √√ One of the large dermal exocrine glands located in the axilla and genital areas. It secretes sweat that, in action with bacteria, is responsible for human body odor. basal layer - √√ deepest region of the epidermis; it gives rise to all the epidermal cells collagen - √√ structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue cuticle - √√ Band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate dermis - √√ middle layer of skin eccrine sweat gland - √√ most numerous sweat-producing exocrine gland in the skin epidermis - √√ outermost layer of skin epithelium - √√ layer of skin cells forming the outer and inner surfaces of the body hair follicle - √√ sac within which each hair grows integumentary system - √√ Consists of the skin, mucous membranes, hair, and nail keratin - √√ hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails lunula - √√ The half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail melanin - √√ A pigment that gives the skin its color eumelanin - √√ brownish black pigment pheomelanin - √√ reddish-yellow pigment paronychium - √√ soft tissue surrounding the nail border pore - √√ tiny opening on the surface of the skin sebaceous gland - √√ oil-secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles sebum - √√ oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands squamous epithelium - √√ flat, scale-like cells composing the epidermis stratified - √√ arranged in layers stratum - √√ layer stratum corneum - √√ outermost layer of the epidermis, which consists of flattened, keratinized cells subcutaneous layer - √√ innermost layer of the skin, containing fat tissue adip/o - √√ fat albin/o - √√ white caus/o - √√ burn, burning cauter/o - √√ heat, burn cutane/o - √√ skin derm/o - √√ skin diaphor/o - √√ profuse sweating erythem/o - √√ redness hidr/o - √√ sweat ichthy/o - √√ dry, scaly kerat/o - √√ hard lip/o - √√ fat myc/o - √√ fungus onchy/o - √√ nail phyt/o - √√ plant pil/o - √√ hair py/o - √√ pus rhytid/o - √√ wrinkle seb/o - √√ sebum squam/o - √√ scale-like trich/o - √√ hair ungu/o - √√ nail xanth/o - √√ yellow xer/o - √√ dry anhidrosis - √√ abnormal condition of no sweat causalgia - √√ burning pain dermatophytosis - √√ fungal infection of the skin diaphroesis - √√ profuse sweating