Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Integumentary Diseases

Abrasion-mechanically scraping away a portion of the skin's layer.
Acne-oversecretion of sebum
Atlehete's Foot-occurs in areas of contionous moisture.
Bed Sore-lack of blood flow to skin that has pressure applied.
Boil-acute inflammantory
Cold Sore-fever blister, herpes simplex virus.
Dermititis-inflammatory process caused by irritants
Eczema-duperficial form of dermititis.
Hives-allergic reaction produces reddened patches.
Psoriaris-circular borders.
Scabies-caused by egg-laying mites.
Shingles-inflammatory condition onvolves nervous system.

Integumentary System


Integumentary System has a lot of function such as:
1. ptotects from invasion of disease
2.keep the body from drying out
3.acts as a storage for fatty tissue
4.produces vit. D
5.provides sensory input
6.regulates bdy temperature

Muscular Dieases

Myalgia-pain in muscles
Fibromyalgia-afects women under 40
ataxia-irregular action
Paralysis-partial loss of the ability to move
Spasm-prologned contraction of the muscle
sprain-breaks ligament
strain-breaks tendon
Shin Splints-inflammantory condition of lower leg
Hernia-tear in the muscle wall
Tendinitis-tendons are inflammed

Muscular System



Muscles-is the general term for all contractile tissue.

It has three types

Skeletal muscle-voluntary, muscle fiber is striped w/c is called striated
Smooth muscle-involuntary, doesn't have striped apperance
Cardiac muscle- stirated apperance, involuntary and found in the heart

Skeletal System Diseases

Skeletal System also worns out and does result in many diseases such as:

osteoporosis-which is the condition in decreasing bone density
arthritis-it is the inflammatory process of the joints
calcification- a condition in which the cartilage hardens
scoliosis-sideways bend
lordosis-swayback
kyphosis-humpback