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NUR 306 Week 7 Integumentary System Question and answers 100% correct The integumentary System - correct answer Skin, largest and heaviest organ of the body=16% body weight Major Functions of Skin - correct answer Provides a barrier Regulates body temperature Synthesizes vitamin D Sen...

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NUR 306 Week 7 Integumentary System
Question and answers 100% correct
The integumentary System - correct answer ✔Skin, largest and heaviest
organ of the body=16% body weight


Major Functions of Skin - correct answer ✔Provides a barrier
Regulates body temperature
Synthesizes vitamin D
Sensory perception (facial expressions)
Provides nonverbal communication
Provides identity
Allows wound repair
Allows excretion of metabolic wastes
Keep body in homeostasis regardless of environment


dermis
epidermis
subcutaneous/adipose - correct answer ✔Layers of the Skin


Skin Pigments
Melanin
Carotene
Oxyhemoglobin
Deoxyhemoglobin - correct answer ✔skin pigments
-brownish pigment /genetic determined/increases with sunlight

,-goldish yellow (orange) in subcutaneous fat in palms and soles
-bright red pigment in arteries and capillaries indicates ample blood supply
-darker and bluer pigment like cyanosis caused by lack of o2


Jaundice - correct answer ✔(yellowish color)


Deposition of bilirubin
Easier to observe in sclera, nails, palms, soles


Cyanosis - correct answer ✔bluish color
Lack of oxygen (central)
Lack of blood flow (peripheral)


Hair:
1. Vellus
2. Terminal - correct answer ✔1. Short, fine, inconspicuous, unpigmented
2. Coarser, thicker, conspicuous, usually pigmented
(scalp, eyebrows)


Sebaceous glands - correct answer ✔-Oil glands of the skin connected to
hair follicles
-Are on all surfaces except palms and sole
-Produce sebum
-Lubricates hair and skin
-Reduces water loss through skin

, Eccrine
Apocrine - correct answer ✔1. Sweat gland widely distributed, open directly
on surface, help control body temperature
2. Sweat gland in axillary and genital areas, stimulated by emotional stress,
responsible for adult body odor


Purpose of skin history is to identify: - correct answer ✔Diseases of the skin
Systemic diseases that have skin manifestations
Physical abuse
Risk for pressure ulcer formation
Risk for skin cancer
Need for health promotion education regarding the skin


Common or concerning symptoms of skin - correct answer ✔Rash
Nonhealing lesions
Moles
Lesions
Ecchymosis
Hair loss-normal: up to 150 strands per day


Past history - correct answer ✔Skin diseases (melanoma,eczema,psoriasis)
Diabetes or peripheral vascular disease
Allergies or food sensitivities
Sunburns
Any corticosteroid medication for than 2 weeks ?
Older individuals: thinning of bone & skin
Immunization history

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