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Skin Cont’d. Health 2011-2012. DO NOW. What is plagiarism ? How do you avoid plagiarism? What does MLA stand for? List 2 reasons why it is important to cite your sources Directions: Put the following information into correct MLA citation format Book Author : Edward Cornish
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Skin Cont’d Health 2011-2012
DO NOW • What is plagiarism? • How do you avoid plagiarism? • What does MLA stand for? • List 2 reasons why it is important to cite your sources • Directions: Put the following information into correct MLA citation format Book Author: Edward Cornish Title: Featuring: The Exploration of the Future City of Publication: Bethesda, Maryland Publisher: World Future Society Date: 2004
Pigmentation • Pigmentation means coloring. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the color of your skin. Skin cells give your skin color by making a substance called melanin. • When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin. Others affect your entire body. • If your body makes too much melanin, your skin gets darker.
1st Degree Burn • This means a superficial burn. The surface of the skin is damaged, but the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin) is still intact and therefore able to perform its functions. • When determining severity, care providers ignore first-degree burns.
1st Degree Burn • Picture of 1st Degree Burn
2nd Degree Burn • This means damage that has extended through the epidermis and into the dermis. • Blisters are the first sign of a second-degree burn. As the epidermis is destroyed, it begins to separate from the dermis. Fluid builds beneath it, causing blisters. Eventually, the blisters will spread into one another until the very thin epidermis falls away, exposing the raw dermis underneath.
3rd Degree Burn • This indicates the burn has destroyed both the epidermis and dermis. The victim has the same trouble with fluid loss, heat loss, and infection that come with second-degree burns • Full-thickness burns also cause nerve death, so the victim may not be able to feel anything in the area of the burn.
Exit Slip • Indicate one characteristic of a 1st degree, 2nd degree, and 3rd degree burn. • Complete the worksheet on skin