Dermatology Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. The human body's largest organ
  2. 7. This is incorporated into the lipid matrix without processing
  3. 10. Maintaining this is an important therapeutic method for many skin disorders
  4. 11. The continuous phase of a lotion is ______
  5. 12. Continuously renewing stratified squamous epithelium
  6. 13. The major producer of skin color
  7. 14. Topical corticosteroids activate these receptors
  8. 16. The most common adverse event caused by topical corticosteroids
  9. 18. The solvent evaporates leaving a porous membrane for the drug to diffuse through
  10. 19. A word used to describe the skin microbiota's home of bacterial and fungal communities
  11. 20. A common scale used in dermatology
  12. 21. Most common measure of TC potency is the _______ Vasoconstriction Assay
Down
  1. 1. ____ Law that the greater the concentration gradient, the better the flux across the barrier
  2. 2. Water within corneocytes is aided by natural __________ factor
  3. 3. A common form of dermal scaring that appears on skin as linear striations
  4. 5. Removal, replacement, or masking of these groups may alter a steroid
  5. 6. Helps to produce the acid mantle that contributes to naturally low pH
  6. 7. Topical corticosteroids reduce the synthesis and secretion of these
  7. 8. As we age, our skin changes by flattening the ________
  8. 9. The main function of the skin
  9. 15. In the stratum corneum, __________ are interspersed with a continuous sheet of intercellular lipids
  10. 17. Protease function is effected by both water and __