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What's a quick way to estimate what percentage of skin a burn covers?
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The area of a palm is 1% of total skin area.
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How thick are thick and thin skin, respectively
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.5 mm and .1 mm, respectively
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name the 5 functions of skin
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protection, regulation, reception (sensation), excretion, absorption of UV
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What are the 5 types of cells in the epidermis
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stem cells, keratinocytes, melanocytes, tactile cells, and dendritic cells
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What types of cell will you find in the stratum basale?
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tactile cells, melanocytes, stem cells, and keratinocytes
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Give the three types of skin cancer and the outlook for each
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Basal cell carcinoma: Most common, least dangerous b/c it rarely metastasizes
Squamous cell carcinoma: good chance of recovery w/early detection Malignant Melanoma: very bad. rapid metastasizing |
What is this a picture of
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Malignant Melanoma
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what is the deadliest kind of skin cancer, and what are its warning signs (remember the acronym)
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malignant melanoma. it arises from MELANOCYTES, often in preexisting moles. METASTASIZES RAPIDLY, USUALLY FATAL. warning signs: ABCDE (Asymmetrical, Borders [irregular, look like puffy cloud], Color (very dark, reddish range), Diameter (<6 mm), Evolving
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what are dendritic cells and what do they do?
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they are involved in immune system, producing antigens somehow.
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