Integumentary System

Question 1

Body membrane

Answer 1

Cover surfaces, line body cavities, and form protective sheets around organs

Question 2

Epithelial membrane

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Consist of a mucous-forming epithelium that is attached to an underlying areolar connective tissue

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Cutaneous membrane

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Your skin

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Mucous membrane

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Composed of epithelium resting on a loose connective tissue membrane called a lamina propria

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Serous membrane

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Composed of a layer of areolar connective tissue and lines body cavities that are closed to the exterior

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Serous fluid

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Separates the serous layers

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Peritoneum

Answer 7

Serosa lining in the abdominal cavity and covering its organs

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Pleura

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Surrounds the lungs

Question 9

Pericardium

Answer 9

Surrounds the heart

Question 10

Synovial membranes

Answer 10

Composed of soft areolar connective tissue and contain no epithelial cells at all

Question 11

Skin

Answer 11

A coat that protects the body

Question 12

Integumentary system

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Organ system that protects the body from various kinds of damage, such as loss of water or abrasion from outside

Question 13

Integument

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Covering

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Keratin

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Protein that protects epithelial cells from damage or stress that has potential to kill the cell

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Epidermis

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Made up of stratified squamous epithelium that is capable of keratinizing, or becoming hard and tough

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Dermis

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Made up of dense connective tissue

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Subcutaneous tissue

Answer 17

Anchors the skin to underlying organs

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Keratinocytes

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Produce keratin

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Stratum basale

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Contains epidermal cells that receive the most adequate nourishment via diffusion of nutrients from the dermis

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Stratum spinosum

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A layer of the epidermis found between the stratum granulosum and stratum basale

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Stratum granulosum

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A thin layer of cells in the epidermis

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Stratum lucidum

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Occurs only where the skin in hairless and extra thick

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Stratum corneum

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The outermost layer which is 20-30 cell layers thick

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Melanin

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A pigment that ranges in color from yellow to brown to black

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Melanocytes

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Special cells found chiefly in the stratum basale

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Papillary layer

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The upper dermal region

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Dermal papillae

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Superior surface which indent the epidermis above

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Reticular layer

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The deepest skin layer

Question 29

exocrine glands

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release their secretion to the skin surface via ducts

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Sebaceous glands

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Found all over the skin, except on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet

Question 31

Sebum

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Mixture of oily substances and fragmented cells

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Eccrine glands

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Produce sweat

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Aprocrine glands

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Confined to the axillary and genital areas of the body

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Hair follicles

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Compound structures

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Arrector pili

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Connect each side of the hair follicle to the dermal tissue

Question 36

Athletes foot

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Itchy, red, peeling condition of the skin between the toes

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Boils and carbuncles

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Inflammation of hair follicles

Question 38

Cold sores

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Small fluid-flilled blisters that itch and sting

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Contact dermatitis

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Itching, redness, and swilling of the skin

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Impetigo

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Pink, water-filled, raised lesions

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Psoriasis

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Chronic condition of overproduction of skin cells