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1. What is the function of skin? - Protection from the environment, Regulation of body
temperature, Regulation of salt and water balance
2. Lanugo - fine downy hair of newborn infant
3. vernix caseosa - cheesy substance covering the skin of the fetus
4. linea nigra - dark line of pigmentation from the umbilicus extending to the pubic area
5. Chloasma/Melasma - pregnancy mask
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6. Striae - stretch marks
7. The Aging Adult and Skin - -skin loses elasticity
-thin, dry
6. -sweat/oil glands change
7. Keloid Scar - scar that turns raised, dark, purplish, pulls together, painful
8. Alopecia - hair loss
9.hirsutism - hair where it doesn't belong
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9. Pruritis - itching
10. Albinism - Absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes
11. Vitiligo - loss of pigment in areas of the skin
12. ABCDE - asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolution or elevation
13. malignant melanoma - most deadly form of skin cancer
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14. pallor - paleness caused by loss of red-pink tones by oxygenated hemoglobin in blood
15. Where to check for pallor? - mucus membranes, conjunctiva, nail beds
16. Erythema - redness of the skin
17. Cyanosis - bluish discoloration of the skin caused by not enough oxygenated blood flow.
Seen in lips, nose, ears, cheeks
18. Jaundice - yellowing of the skin and in sclera of eye