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24 Cards in this Set
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Antibodies to the desmosomes proteins affecting the skin and mucous membranes causing
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Pemphigus
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Partial or complete lack of hair is known as?
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Alopecia
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Proliferation of fibrous connective tissue called scar tissue is also known as?
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Fibrosis
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A genetic disease resulting in abnormal ties of connective tissues due to a defect in fibrillin, a protein that is associated with elastin in elastic fibers.
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Marfan's syndrome
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A nutritional deficiency caused by a lack of vitamin C, needed to synthesize collagen.
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Scurvy
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A disease caused by overactive sebaccous glands, that begins on the scalp as pink, raised lesions that gradually become yellow to brown and begin to slough off oily scales.
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Seborrhea (a.k.a. "Cradle cap" in infants)
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Excessive hairiness is also known as?
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Hirsutism
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Hair thinning or a degree of baldness may also be referred to as?
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Alopecia
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What is the name of the least malignant and most common skin cancer?
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Basal cell carcinoma
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What form of cancer expresses as a scaly red papule?
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Squamous cell carcinoma
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What type of skin cancer is refered to as the most dangerous?
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Melanoma
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What inherited condition results in pink skin, pale or white hair, and irises of the eyes unpigmented or poorly so?
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Albinism
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What disease produces cold sores?
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Herpes simplex
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Itching, redness, and swelling, progressing to blister formation, caused by exposure of the skin to chemicals that provoke an allergic response in sensitive individuals signifys what?
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Contact dermatitis
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Pink, fluid-filled, raised lesions (common around the mouth and nose) that develop a yellow crust and eventually rupture are indicative of what?
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Impetigo
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An inherited condition in which certain enzymes essential to form the heme of hemoglobin are lacking.
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Porphyria
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A chronic condition characterized by raised, reddened epidermal lesions covered with dry silvery scales that itch, burn, crack, and sometimes bleed or become infected.
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Psoriasis
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The most prevalent skin pigmentation disorder, characterized by a loss of melanocytes and uneven dispersal of melanin.
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Vitiligo
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A number of disorders in which the bones are inadequately mineralized, primarily indicated by pain when weight is put on the affected bones.
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Osteomalacia
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Primarily found in young children, a disease resulting from bones that are inadequately mineralized, resulting in bowed legs and deformations of the pelvis.
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Rickets.
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A group of diseases in which bone resorption outpaces bone deposit
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Osteoporosis
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A disease characterized by excessive and haphazard bone deposit and resorption.
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Paget's disease
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A congenital condition involving defective cartilage and endochondral bone growth so that the limbs are too short, but the membrane bones are of normal size; a type of dwarfism
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Achondroplasia
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Inflamatino of bone and bone marrow caused by pus-forming bacteria that enter the body via a wound.
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Osteomyelitis
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