cutis /cu·tis/ (ku´tis) the skin.
cutis.
cutis [ku´tis]
cutis anseri´na transitory elevation of the hair follicles due to contraction of the arrectores pilorum muscles; a reflection of sympathetic nerve discharge.
cutis hyperelas´tica Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
cutis lax´a a group of connective tissue disorders, usually hereditary, in which the skin hangs in loose pendulous folds; believed to be associated with decreased elastic tissue formation and an abnormality in elastin formation.
cutis rhomboida´lis nu´chae thickening of the skin of the neck with striking accentuation of its markings, giving an appearance of diamond-shaped plaques.
cutis ver´ticis gyra´ta enlargement and thickening of the skin of the scalp, which lies in folds resembling gyri and sulci of the brain.
cu·tis (ky  t s)n. pl. cu·tis·es or cu·tes (-t  z) Dermis. |
cutis.
See skin.
cutis [ku´tis]
skin.
cutis anseri´na goose flesh.
cutis hyperelas´tica Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
cutis lax´a a group of connective tissue disorders in which the skin hangs in loose pendulous folds, believed to be associated with decreased elastic tissue formation as well as an abnormality in elastin formation, and usually occurring as a hereditary disorder and occasionally in an acquired form.
cutis
the outer protective covering of the body; the skin.
cutis anserina
transitory erection of the hair follicles due to contraction of the arrectores muscles, a reflection of sympathetic nerve discharge; goose flesh.
cutis asthenia
see cutaneous asthenia.
cutis hyperelastica
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