Integumentary System Topics

Skin Images
Hair Images
Miscellaneous Information about skin

Diseases of the Integumentary System
Dermatologic Disorders
Skin Coloration
Bacterial Diseases
Viral Diseases
Fungal Diseases
Cancer
Bites and Stings

Skin Images

• Dermatology Image Bank - a great set of images dealing with quite a variety of topics
• Various Images of Skin and accessory organs (e.g., hair, glands)
• Thick Skin
• Thick skin with detail
  • stratum corneum (clear) on top
  • stratum lucidum is bright red
  • stratum granulosum is very dark
  • stratum spinosum is light reddish purple
• Sweat Gland
• Pacinian corpuscle
• Pacinian corpuscle, whole mount
• Hair follicles of scalp with sebaceous gland
• Cross section through many hair follicles

Hair

• Image of hair - electron micrograph

Miscellaneous

• Why pregnant women sometimes develop a brown line down the middle of their abdomen
• Forming strong fingernails with formaldehyde
• Why tatoos last forever

Diseases of the Integumentary System

Dermatologic Disorders - from the Merck Manual

Skin Coloration

• Cyanosis
• Skin discoloration, bluish - from the WebMD site
• Facts about albinism
• Tan or Burn - from Scientific American

Bacterial Diseases

Carbuncle

Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-eating Bacteria disease)

Secondary Syphilis (Palmar Rash #1)

Secondary Syphlis (Palmar Rash #2)

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - description and images

Lyme Disease - Erythema Migrans of Lyme borreliosis; description and images

Erysipelas

• Erysipelas
• Description and Image of Erysipelas

Viral Diseases

Varicella

• Varicella (Chickenpox)
• Description and Images of Varicella

Fungal Diseases

Tinea manus (ringworm on the hand; tinea = ringworm; manus = hand) - description and images

Erythema migrans (erythema = redness of the skin due to congestion of the capillaries;

Cancer

• Kaposi's Sarcoma
• Malignant Melanoma
• What You Need to Know about Melanoma
• Melanoma - from WebMD
• Sunlight and Skin Cancer
• Skin So Fixed: A topical lotion with DNA-repair enzymes cuts down skin cancer - from the March 1, 2001 issue of Scientific American
• Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Basal Cell Cancer - from WebMD - This phage has quite a few photographs as well as an description of the causes, incidence, risk factors, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, expectations (prognosis), and complications.

Bites and Stings

• Infected cat bite: Pasteurella Multocida - description and image
• Rattlesnake Bite on Arm
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - description and images
• Lyme Disease - Erythema Migrans of Lyme borreliosis; description and images