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The Tree Man: Is he for real?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJLG85gn0bc

The Tree Man…

• What is the tree man suffering from?

• Is there a cure?

• What system is being affected in this story?

The Integumentary System

Your job…

• Draw a diagram of skin on the whiteboard and label the parts

• In a few minutes we will go over the diagram.

Epidermis Layer

Tissue Repair and wound healing

Tissue Repair

Video!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXfM13u3mp8Granulation tissue

• Good regeneration:– Skin, bone

• Poor regeneration:– Cardiac & nervous tissue

NEOPLASMS- Cancerous or Benign

• Cell divides rapidly (cancerous or benign)

• An abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should.

• Neoplasms may be benign (not cancer), or malignant (cancer). Also called tumor.

Hyperplasia

• Tissues enlarge because of a stimulus that irritates the cells

• Instead of finding a benign or malignant tumor, microscopic examination of a biopsy specimen will sometimes detect a condition called "hyperplasia."

• Nonetheless, cell structure and the orderly arrangement of cells within the tissue remain normal, and the process of hyperplasia is potentially reversible.

• An example of hyperplasia is a callus that may form on your hand when you first learn to swing a tennis racket or a golf club.

Atrophy