cutaneous membrane

(noun)

The formal name for the skin.

Related Terms

  • utaneous membrane
  • Epidermis
  • Dermis
  • subcutis
  • integumentary system

Examples of cutaneous membrane in the following topics:

  • What is Skin?

    • The cutaneous membrane is the technical term for our skin.
  • Leishmaniasis

    • Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania and presents itself in two forms: cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis.
    • There various types of leishmaniasis that exist including cutaneous leishmaniasis, systemic, or visceral leishmaniasis.
    • Cutaneous leishmaniasis is characterized by infection of the skin and mucous membranes.
    • In combination, cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis are caused by more than 20 different leishmanial species.
    • Outline the life cycle of Leishmania and distinguish between cutaneous or viseral leishmaniasis
  • Intercostal Nerves

    • 2) The other smaller branch, the first intercostal nerve, runs along the first intercostal space and ends on the front of the chest as the first anterior cutaneous branch of the thorax.
    • Near the sternum, they cross in front of the internal mammary artery and transversus thoracis muscle, pierce the intercostales interni, the anterior intercostal membranes, and pectoralis major, and supply the integument of the front of the thorax and over the mamma, forming the anterior cutaneous branches of the thorax.
  • Parasitic Skin Diseases

    • A cutaneous condition is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system — the organ system that comprises the entire surface of the body and includes skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands.
    • Cutaneous larva migrans (abbreviated CLM) is a skin disease in humans caused by the larvae of various nematode parasites of the hookworm family (Ancylostomatidae).
    • The parasites apparently lack the collagenase enzymes required to penetrate through the basement membrane deeper into the skin.
  • Other Fungi Involved in Respiratory Disease

    • Forms and symptoms of sporotrichosis include: cutaneous or skin sporotrichosis; pulmonary sporotrichosis; and disseminated sporotrichosis.
    • Cutaneous or skin sporotrichosis: This is the most common form of the disease.
    • Usually, cutaneous sporotrichosis lesions occur in the finger, hand, and arm.
    • Compare and contrast the various forms of sporotrichosis: cutaneous/skin, pulmonary and disseminated sporotrichosis
  • Immunotherapy for Cancer

    • Examples of such antigens include the glycosphingolipid GD2 , a disialoganglioside that is normally only expressed at a significant level on the outer surface membranes of neuronal cells, where its exposure to the immune system is limited by the blood-brain barrier.
    • Topical immunotherapy utilizes an immune enhancement cream (imiquimod), which is an interferon producer, causing the patient's own killer T cells to destroy warts, actinic keratoses, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, and superficial spreading melanoma.
  • The Cardiovascular System

    • Bacteria can enter the bloodstream as a severe complication of infections (like pneumonia or meningitis), during surgery (especially when involving mucous membranes such as the gastrointestinal tract), or due to catheters and other foreign bodies entering the arteries or veins (including intravenous drug abuse).
    • It is also a symptom of cutaneous anthrax, measles and Human African trypanosomiasis, the latter two giving lymphadenopathy in lymph nodes in the neck.
  • Biofilms and Infections

    • More recently it has been noted that bacterial biofilms may impair cutaneous wound healing and reduce topical antibacterial efficiency in healing or treating infected skin wounds.
    • Evidence also suggests that the outer membrane blebbing by the gonococcus is crucial in biofilm formation over human cervical epithelial cells.
  • Peritonitis

    • Again, in most cases, mixed bacteria are isolated; the most common agents include cutaneous species such as Staphylococcus aureus, and coagulase-negative staphylococci, but many others are possible, including fungi such as Candida.
    • The peritoneum, colored in blue, is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity.
  • Fungi as Plant, Animal, and Human Pathogens

    • Termed cutaneous ("skin") mycoses, they can have devastating effects.
    • In rarer cases, it causes swelling of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord.
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