Exam #2 Flashcards
Skins (5) What they do?
1) Resist trauma and infection, due to keratin (aka protein)
2) Water barrier
3) Vitamin D synthesis
4) Sensation
5) Thermoregulation
Cells of Epidermis (5)
1) Stem Cells *every 30 days we shed skin cells
2) keratinocytes *most abundant cells in the epidermis (keratin,protein)
3) Melanocytes *give skin color (not a protein)
4) Dendrite Cells *immune cells of epidermis
5) Most superficial of all skin layers
What are the layers of the epidermis? (5) In their order of deep to superficial
1) Stratum basale (bottom layer, deep)
2) Stratum spinosum
3) Stratum granulosim
4) Stratum lucidum
5) Stratum corneum (most superficial)
Details about the Dermis??
1) Middle skin
2) Holds follicles
3) Sweat glands
4) Sebaceous glands
5) Blood vessels
6) PEM (piloerector muscles)
What is the Hypodermis???
The deepest skin we have
What are skin colors? (5)
1) Cyanosis (blue)
2) Erythema (red)
3) Pallor (ashen)
4) Albinism (white)
5) Jaundice (yellow)
4Tissue Categories
Nervous- brain
Muscular- muscles
Connective- blood
Epithelial- intestines, cervix
Epitheliam?
The tissue that separates you from the environment (outer, superficial)
Endothelium??
The (deep) final layer in you, blood, tissue that line to get our blood
Squamous?
Flat cell
Capillaries??
Thin cells rolled up to make a tube
5 Functions of Skeleton?
1) support
2) protection
3) movement
4) PH, Electrolyte balance
5) Blood formation
Bone Marrow?
Deepest, where bloods is made
Diaphysis (1)
The straight part of the bone, not Epiphysis, which is 2, on both ends of bone
Marrow/medulla
Blood cells are made
Compact, Dense, Hard, Lamella (bone)
He will usually use compact or hard