Test I: Ch 1,4-6 Flashcards
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3 Main Concepts
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Complementary of Structure & Function (all structures work together)
Emergent Properties (hierarchy of structural relationships)
Homeostasis (internal balance)
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Levels of Organization
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Chemical => Cellular => Tissue => Organ => Organ System => Organism
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Properties
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Organization
Homeostasis
E Processing
Response to changes in environment
Reproduction
Growth & Development
Evolution
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Anatomical Position
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standing, facing forward, hands at sides, palms facing forward, feet together
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Supine
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lying down, face up
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Prone
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lying down, face down
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Abdominopelvic Quadrants (4)
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Right upper
Left upper
Right Lower
Left lower
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Abdominopelvic Regions (9)
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R Hypochondriac
Epigastric
L Hypochondriac
R Lumbar
Umbilical
L Lumbar
R Inguinal
Hypogastric
L Inguinal
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Epigastric
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liver
stomach
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L Hypochondriac
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spleen
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Umbilical
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gallbladder
large int.
small int.
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Hypogastric
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appendix
bladder
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Anterior/ventral
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front surface or belly side
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Posterior/dorsal
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back surface
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Cephalic
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head
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Superior
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above or highest
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Inferior
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below or lowest
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Caudal
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tail or coccyx
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Medial
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towards the center of the body
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Lateral
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along the side of
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Proximal
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towards the attached base
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Distal
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away from attached base
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Superficial
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towards the surface or closer to body surface
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Deep
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far from surface
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Frontal/Coronal Plane
divides the body into anterior and posterior
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Sagittal
divides the body into left and right
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Midsagittal
directly down the middle
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Parasagittal
offset from the middle
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Transverse
horizontal plane divides body into superior and inferior portions
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2 Functions of Body cavities
protects organs from shocks & impacts
permit changes in size & shape of internal organs
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Visceral
lines walls of cavities
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Parietal
covers surface of enclosed viscera
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2 Major Subdivisions of body
Dorsal (cranial & vertebral)
Ventral (thoracic & abdominopelvic)
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Integumentary System Organs
skin, hair, sweat glands, nails
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Integumentary System Functions
protection against environmental hazards
regulate body temp
provides sensory info
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Skeletal System Organs
bones, cartilages, associated ligaments, bone marrow
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Skeletal System Functions
support & protection for other tissues
stores Ca & other nutrients
forms blood cells
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Muscular System Organs
skeletal muscles, associated tendons
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Muscular System Functions
provides movements
protection and support for other tissues
generates heat that maintains body temp
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Nervous System Organs
brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves sense organs
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Nervous System Function
directs immediate response to stim
coordination or moderates activities of other organ systems
provides/interprets sensory info about external conditions
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Endocrine System Organs
pituitary gland, pancreas, gonads endocrine tissues in other system, thyroid gland, adrenal glands
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Endocrine System Functions
directs long-term changes in the activities of other systems
adjusts metabolic activity & energy use by body
controls structural & functional changes during development
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Cardiovascular System Organs
heart, blood, BV
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Cardiovascular System Functions
distributes blood cells, water, nutrients, waste product, oxygen, and carbon dioxide
distributes heat & assists control of body temp
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Lymphatic System Organs
spleen, thymus, lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, tonsils
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Lymphatic System Functions
defends against infection & disease
returns tissue fluids to the bloodstream
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Respiratory System Organs
nasal cavities, sinuses, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, alveoli
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Respiratory System Functions
deliver air to alveoli
provide oxygen to bloodstream
remove CO2 from bloodstream
aid in sound production
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Digestive System Organs
teeth, tongue, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
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Digestive System Functions
processes & digests food
absorbs & conserves water
absorbs nutrients
stores energy reserves
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Urinary System Organs
kidney, uterus, urinary bladder, urethra
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Urinary System Functions
excretes waste from blood
controls water balance by regulating volume of urine produced
stores urine prior to elimination
regulates blood pH & ion concentration
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Mechanisms of Regulation
Autoregulation & Extrinsic Regulation
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Autoregulation
automatic response in a cell, tissue, or organ to some environmental change
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Extrinsic Regulation
nervous system (rapid & short)
Endocrine System (slower & persistent)
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Negative Feedback
counteracting a change
Thermoregulation & Hypothalamus
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Positive Feedback
an initial stim that produces a response that amplifies the original response
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4 Types of Tissue
epithelial, connective, muscle, neural
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What does Epithelial mean
over external or line the internal surfaces
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Epithelial Characteristics
cossages
cellularity (tightly packed)
polarity (difference between apical & basal surfaces)
attached to connective tissue
avascular
can regenerate fast
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Epithelial Functions
provide physical protection
permeability
sensation
specialized secretion
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Epithelial Specializations
Intercellular Connections
attachment to basement membrane
maintenance & repair
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Intercellular Connections
Tight Junctions (between plasma membrane)
Gap Junctions (tunnel that allows electrical coupling)
Desmosomes (anchoring sites for intermediate filaments)
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3 Parts of regulatory mechanism
Sensor
Control Center
Effector
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Simple Squamous Function
absorption, secretion, reduce friction, controls vessel permeability
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Mesothelium
lines ventral body cavities
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Endothelium
lines heart & BV
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Simple Squamous Location
BV, kidney, tubules, inner lining of cornea, alveoli of lungs
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Stratified Squamous Location
surface of skin, lining of mouth, esophagus anus
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Stratified Squamous Function
provides physical protection against abrasion, pathogens, & chemical attack
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Simple Cuboidal Location
glands, ducts, portions of kidney tubules, thyroid glands
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Simple Cuboidal Function
secretion & absorption
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Stratified Cuboidal (rare)
Location: lining of stomach, intestine, gallbladder, uterine tubes, collecting ducts of kidney
Function: protection, secretion, absorption
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Pseudostratified
Location: lining of nasal cavity, trachea/bronchi
Function: protection, secretion, move mucus
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Stratified columnar
Location: pharynx, conjunctive epiglottis, anus, mammary glands, salivary gland ducts
Function: protection
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Merocrine Secretion
product released by exocytosis (vesicles)
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Apocrine Secretion
apical portion of cytoplasm becomes packed with these vesicles => shed
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Holocrine Secretion
destruction of gland cells
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Types of Secretion
serous gland: watery enzyme secretion
mucous gland: mucus
mixed exocrine: both
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Connective Tissue Characteristics
specialized cells that reproduce
bind structures together
Ground substance Fluid
never exposed to outside environment
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Connective Tissue Functions
structural framework
transport fluids
protection of organs
support + connect tissues
store energy reserves
defend body
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Connective Tissue Proper
many types of cells & EC fibers in syrupy ground substance
- connect & protect
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Fluid Connective Tissue
cells suspended in watery matrix with proteins
- transport (Ex: blood & lymph)
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Supporting Connective tissues
less diverse cell types that are densely packed
- cartilage & bone
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Fibroblast (CTP)
secretes protein subunits (cellular cement)
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Fibrocytes (CTP)
maintains the fibers in CTP
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Adipocytes
fat
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Mesenchymal cells (CTP)
stem cells
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Macrophages (CTP)
phagocytic cells of immune system
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Mast Cells (CTP)
stim inflammation after injury/infection
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Lymphocytes (CTP)
specialized immune cells in lymphatic system
- develops into plasma cells => produce antibodies
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Microphages (CTP)
phagocytic BC; responds to signals
- neutrophils & eosinophils
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Fiber types
Collagen
- long & unbranched
- resist force in one direction
- tendons & ligaments
Reticular
- same structure diff arrangement as collagen
- strong, flexible, unbranched
- resist force in many directions
- sheaths around organs
Elastic
- branched & wavy
- return to length after stretching
- elastic ligaments of interconnecting vertebrae
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Areolar
loosely organized
open framework
help elastic fibers retain their shape
extensive blood supply
viscous ground substance
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Adipose Functions/Types
padding, shock absorb, insulates
White => most common
Brown => babies
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Reticular
supporting framework
- spleen, liver, lymph nodes, bone marrow
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Dense CT
fibers dominated by collagen
- dense regular
- dense irregular
- elastic
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Dense regular (DCT)
tendons, ligaments, aponeurosis
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dense irregular (DCT)
layered in skin, forms capsules around organs
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elastic (DCT)
dominated by elastic fibers
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Blood
cells in watery matrix (plasma)
RBC => transport O2/CO2
WBC => nucleated cells that defend the body
Platelets => membrane enclosed packets of cytoplasm (clotting)
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Lymph
forms interstitial fluid that enters lymphatic vessels
- monitored by immune system
- recirculation of fluid = homeostasis essential
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Supportive Connective Tissue
less diverse with densely packed fibers
- cartilage
- bone
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Types of Cartilage
Hyaline
- stiff
- reduces friction
- synovial joints
Elastic
- supportive but bends easy
- external ear & epiglottis
Fibrocartilage
- tough & durable
- prevents bone to bone contact
- knee joint, pubic bones
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Bone
- mostly Ca salts
- collagen fibers to resist shattering
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Tissue Membranes
epithelium supported by CT; lines portions of the body
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Types of Tissue Membranes
Mucous
- lines passageways w/ external connections
- digestive, respiratory, urinary
Serous
- lines cavities not open to outside
- reduce friction
- thin but strong
Cutaneous
- skin; surface of body
- thick, dry, waterproof
Synovial
- lines moving, articulating joint cavities
- produces synovial fluid
- protects ends of bones
- lacks true epithelium
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Muscle tissue
contraction, produces all body movement
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Skeletal Muscle tissue
- cross striates, long & thin
- voluntary
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Cardiac Muscle tissue
- only in heart
- cross striations
- voluntary
- networks at intercalated discs
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Smooth Muscle tissue
- walls of hollow organs
- BV, bladder, digestive tract
- non striated
- involuntary
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Nervous tissue
conducts electrical impulses
senses int/ext environment
processes info & controls responses
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2 Types of Nervous Tissue
Neurons & Neuroglia
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Homeostasis Restoration
Inflammation & Regeneration
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Inflammation (1st response)
mast cells release histamine, heparin & prostaglandins into surrounding fluids
BV dialtes for increases BF (redness + heat)
Permeability of capillary walls increase so plasma diffuses in (swelling)
cells break down & release enzymes that destry damaged cell + surrounding tissue
Pus = dead tissue, cell debris & fluid
enhanced circulation carries toxins away => inflammation goes down
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Regeneration
starts when injury/infection cleaned up
fibroblasts move in & lay down collagenous framework (scar tissue)
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Fibrosis
replacement of tissues with fibrous tissue
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2 Parts of Integumentary System
Cutaneous membrane & Accessory structure
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Layers of Keratinocytes
Stratum Corneum
- keratinized
- insensible perspiration (interstitial fluid lost by evaporation)
- sensible perspiration
Stratum Lucidum
- only in thick skin
- flat and no organelles
Stratum Granulosum
- produces keratin = death of ep. cells
Stratum Spinosum
- increases thickness of ep.
- spiny layer
Stratum Basale
- deepest layer of ep.
- merkel cells = response to touch
- melanocytes = pigment
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Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF)
powerful peptide growth factor
produced by glands
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EGF Functions
division of germ. cells
speeds up keratin production
stim ep. repair
stim glandular secretion
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Dermis
located between epidermis & subcutaneous layer
anchors accessory structures
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2 components of dermis
Papillary layer
- areolar tissue
- sensory neurons, capillaries
Deep Reticular layer
- DICT with collagen & elastic fibers
- large BV & glands
- strength of skin
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Dermal strength & elasticity
Collagen Fibers
- strength/resilience
- limits flexibility = prevent damage
Elastic Fibers
- stretching & recoil
- flexibility
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Hypodermis
Subcutaneous Layer
- below integument
- made of elastic & adipose
- connected to reticular by CT
Subcutaneous Fat
- lots in babies for insulation
- distribution depends on hormones
- live laugh love liposuction
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Melanin
Pheomelanin (orange-yllow)
- accumulates in epidermal cells & fatty tissues
Eumelanin (brown-yellow)
- stored in melanosomes & eventually transferred to keratinocytes
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Localized Differences
freckles = pigmented areas on pale skin
lentigos = darker more abnormal melanocytes
sentinel lentigos = pigmented areas that happen on sun exposed skin (old white people)
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Blood Circulation in skin tone
BV dilated from heart = reddens
BF decreases = pale
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Illness and skin color
Jaundice = buildup of bile by liver
Pituitary tumor = excess melanocyte stim hormone (dark skin)
Addison's disease = excess production of ACTH
Vitiligo = loss of melanocytes
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Hair
located deep in dermis
wrapped in DCT
base is surrounded by sensory nerves
has stem cells
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Places humans don't have hair
palms, soles, lips, portions of external genetilia
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Function of hair
protects & insulates
guards openings against particles & insects
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Hair growth cycle
grows every 2-5 years/0.33mm per day
cell roots absorb nutrients/toxins (used for diagnosis)
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End of growth cycle
follicle becomes inactive - club hair
connections between hair matrix & club hair root break down (shed)
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Types of hair
lanugo = hair around body
vellus/terminal = heavy pigmented hair
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Hair color
produced by melanin in hair papilla
determined by genes
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Sebaceous Oil gland
simple, branched alveolar that discharges sebum into hair follicles
holocrine
sebum (oily secretion) lubes hair & protects it by stopping growth of hair
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Sebaceous Follicles
large sebaceous glands not associated with hair follicles
discharge sebum direction onto epidermis
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Apocrine Sweat Gland
armpit, nipples, groin
secrete products into ducts with empty hair follicles
makes sticky, milky secretions & puberty
- odorless unless organic molec decomposed by bacteria on skin
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Eccrine Sweat Gland
everywhere except palms & soles
coiled, tubular glands that discharge directly onto skin surface
sensible (visible) perspiration
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Functions of Eccrine sweat gland
generally to reduce body temp
- excretes water & electrolytes
- flush microorganism & harmful chemicals
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Mammary glands
- anatomically related to apocrine
- development & secretion under hormonal control
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Ceruminous gland
- modified sweat gland in ext ear
- make cerumen (earwax)
- protects eardrum
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Control of Glands
sebaceous & apocrine are controlled by (ANS)
Merocrine are controlled independently
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Nails
- dead cells packed with keratin
- metabolic disorder can change nail structure
- nail body is visible portion
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Nail Diagnostic
Yellow = thyroid, jaundice
pitted = psoriasis
concave = iron deficiency
clubbing = hypoxemic
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Integument repair
- bleeding happens
- triggers inflammatory response
- clotting => germ cells migrate => macrophages clean the area => fibroblasts & endothelial cells make granulation tissue => eventually collagen fibers & ground substance is made
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Burns
1st = only surface
- erythema (redness) = inflammation
2nd = entire ep. some dermis
- blistering but accessory structures fine
3rd = epidermis, dermis & some hypo damaged
- less painful bc nerves destroyed
4th = muscle & bones
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Aging
of dendritic cells decrease 50% by 21
low vit d3 => low salt absorption => weakness
low melanocyte activity = sensitive to sun
low gland activity = dry skin
low blood supply = always cold
low sex hormone = fading hair
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Components of Skeletal System
bones, cartilage, ligaments, CT
NOT TENDONS
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Functions of Skeletal System
support, storage of minerals (calcium & lipids), BC production, protection, leverage
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Sutural Bone
small irregular between flat bone in skull
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Irregular Bone
complex shape, spine & coxal
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Short Bone
small & thick; wrist
(as wide as they are long)
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Flat Bone
thin with parallel surfaces; skull, sternum, ribs & scapulae
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Long Bone
long & thin; arms, legs, hands, feet
(longer than wide)
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Sesamoid Bone
small & flat; in tendons where tendons pass over joint
knees, hands, feet
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Process (bone marking)
projection or bump
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Ramus (bone marking)
part of a bone that forms an angle with the rest
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Sinus (bone marking)
chamber within a bone, filled with air
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Foramen (bone marking)
rounded passageway for BV or nerves
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Fissure (bone marking)
deep, furrow, cleft, or slit
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Meatus (bone marking)
passage or channel as opening of a canal
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Canal (bone marking)
duct of channel
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Sulcus (bone marking)
narrow groove
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Fosse (bone marking)
shallow depression
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Trochanter (bone marking)
large,rough projection
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Crest (bone marking)
prominent ridge
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Spine (bone marking)
pointed process
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Line (bone marking)
low ridge
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Tubercle (bone marking)
small, rounded projection
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Tuberosity (bone marking)
rough projection
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Head (bone marking)
expended articular end of epiphysis
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Neck (bone marking)
narrow connection between the epiphysis & diaphysis
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Facet (bone marking)
small rounded articular process
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Trochlea (bone marking)
smooth grooved articular process shaped like a pulley
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Structure of Bone
Diaphysis (shaft)
- heave compact or dense bone
- medullary (marrow cavity)
Epiphysis (wide part at each end)
- mostly spongy (cancellous) bone
- covered in compact (cortex) bone
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Structure of flat bone
sandwich of spongy bone between 2 layers of compact bone
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Bone Matrix Characteristics
very dense bc of Ca salt & protein fibers
Canaliculi = forms pathway for BV & exchanges nutrients & waste
Periosteum = covers outer surface of bone
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Matrix Compositions
2/3 = calcium phosphate or hydroxyapatite
1/3 = collagen fiber
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Osteocytes
mature bone cell that maintains bone matrix
live in lacunae between layers of matrix
connect by cytoplasmic extensions through canaliculi (gap junctions)
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2 Functions of Osteocytes
maintain protein & mineral content of matrix
help repair damaged bone
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Osteoblasts
immature cell that secretes matrix compounds in osteogenesis
ossification = matrix made by osteoblasts by not calcified to be bone
osteoblasts become osteocytes
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Osteoprogenitor cells
osteogenic cells divide to make osteoblasts
found in endosteum = inner layer of periosteum
helps in fracture repair
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Osteoclasts
large multinucleate cells = originate from monocytes
secretes acids & protein digesting enzymes
helps for organ growth
stimulated by PTH
inhibited by calcitonin & osteoprotegerin
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Homeostasis of Bone tissue
bone building by osteoblasts & bone recycling by osteoclasts
breakdown > building = weak
resorption > deposition = osteoperosis
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Osteon is basic unit of bone structure
osteocytes arranged in concentric lamellae around central canal w/ BV
perforating canal are perpendicular to central canal & car
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Circumferential lamellae
lamellae wrapped around the long bone that binds osteons together
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Lacunae
hollows at junctions of lamellae
contains osteocyte
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Canaliculi
radiate through lamellae
connect lamellae with each other & central canal
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Structure of Spongy bone
no osteons
matrix has open fibers (trabeculae)
no BV
nutrients diffuse along canaliculi
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Red Bone marrow
fills space between trabeculae in some bones
BV = delivers nutrients to osteocytes
forms RBC
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Yellow Bone marrow
found in some spongy bone
adipose = E reserve
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Femur transfers weight from hip to knee joint
tension on lateral side of shaft
compression on medial side
center of bone is fine
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Periosteum
covers all bones except parts enclosed in joint capsules
made of fibrous layer & inner cell layer containing osteoblasts & osteoclasts
secured to underlying bone with perforating fibers = connecting collagen fibers
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Functions of Periosteum
isolates bone from surrounding tissue
provides way for circulatory & nervous supply
participates in bone growth & repair
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Endosteum
lines medullary cavity, central canal
covers trabeculae of spongy bone
contains osteoblasts, osteoclasts, & osteoprogenitor cells
active in bone growth & repair
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Ossification
process of replacing other tissues with bone
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2 Types of Ossification
Endochondral & Intramembranous
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Endochondral Ossification (long bones)
hyaline cartilage on epiphysis is replaced by bone
shaft = osteoblasts invade & replace w/ bone
epiphyseal = new cartilage is produce at same rate
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Intramembranous Ossification (flat bones)
bone develops directly from mesenchyme or fibrous CT
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Bone growth at Puberty
osteoblasts make bone faster than chondrocytes make cartilage
epiphyseal cartilage gets narrow and eventually disappears
shows up as ep. line in X ray
ep. plate = kids/teenagers
ep. line = adults
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Appositional growth
compact bone thicens & strengthens long bone with layers of circumferential lamellae
Cicrum lamellae wraps around long bone to bind osteons together
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Blood supply of mature bones
nutrient artery & vein = single pair of large BV that enters diaphysis through nutrient foramen
Metaphyseal vessels = supply ep. cartilage where bone growth occurs
Periosteal vessels = supply blood to superficial osteons at secondary ossification centers
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Network of Lymph Vessels
collect lymph from branches that enter the body
reaches each osteon through perforating canals
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Sensory nerves
endosteum, medullary cavity, epiphyses
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Bone remodeling
osteocytes = remove & replace Ca salts
Osteoblasts = make new osteons
Osteoclasts = remove old osteons
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Effects of excersize
mineral recycling = bone adapts to stress
heavily stressed bones = thick & strong
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Nutritional & Hormonal Factors for Bone Growth
diet of calcium & phosphate salts
small amounts of MgF, Fe, Manganese
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Vitamin C
collagen synthesis
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Vitamin A
stimulates osteoblast activity
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Vitamin D3 & calcitrol
synthesize bone proteins
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Growth Hormone & thyroxine
stimulates bone growth
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Calcitonin & PTH
regulate salt levels in bone & blood
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Calcitrol
made in kidneys (PTH)
needed for salt absorption
synthesis needs Vitamin D3
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PTH in Ca regulatoin
made in PT in neck
increases Ca in blood
- increasing osteoclast activity
- increasing Ca ions absorbed & production of calcitriol in kidney
- decreases Ca excretion in kidney
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Calcitonin in Ca regulation
secreted in thyroid gland
decreases Ca ion in blood
- decreases osteoclast activity
decreases absorption of Ca
- increases Ca excretion in kidneys
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Fracture
Bleeding = clot formation, est. fibrous meshwork, death of bone cells
endo & peri cells divide & move to site to stabilize
Osteoblasts replace central cartilage with spongy bone
Osteoblasts & osteocytes remodel fracture for up to a year
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Osteopenia
reduced bone mass
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Osteoperosis
severe bone loss
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Hormones in Bone
estrogen & androgens help maintain
gets worse after menopause
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Ca deficiency in Bone
rickets = bone softening & deformity
osteomalacia = adult form of rickets (lack of Vitamin D)
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Collagen Defect in Bone
osteogenesis imperfecta = brittle bone
not enough collagen
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Osteogenesis
bone too porous
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Osteolysis
reduced bone mass
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Osteopenia
bone too soft
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What happens in Osteoporosis
osteoclasts dissolve bone
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What happens in Osteomalacia
osteoblasts make new bone
