The Integumentary System

Question 1

Specialized connective tissue that functions as the major storage site for fat in the form of triglycerides.

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Adipose connective tissue

Question 2

Any of numerous sweat glands found primarily in the skin of the armpit, pubic region, and areolae of the breasts.

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Apocrine sweat gland

Question 3

Is soft and gel like with some elasticity and holds interstitial fluid which carries and delivers nutrients or waste.

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Areolar connective tissue

Question 4

Is a smooth muscle bundle that attaches to the bulge region of the follicle and extends to its superior attachment in the upper dermis.

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Arrector pili

Question 5

A thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.

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Blister

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A sac or saclike bodily cavity.

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Bursa

Question 7

A modified sweat gland in the external ear that produces earwax.

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Ceruminous glands

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The fibrous protein constituent of bone, cartilage, tendon, and other connective tissue that converts into gelatin by boiling.

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Collagen

Question 9

Cover the surface of the body. They consist of stratified squamous epithelium and the underlying connective tissues.

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Cutaneous membrane

Question 10

Dead or cornified epidermis.

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Cuticle

Question 11

A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.

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Cyanosis

Question 12

Excessive loss of water from the body or from an organ or a body part.

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Dehydration

Question 13

A preparation in the form of a liquid or cream that is used to remove unwanted hair from the body. Also called epilatory .

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Depilatories

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The sensitive connective tissue layer of the skin located below the epidermis, containing nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands, and blood and lymph vessels. Also called corium , cutis vera , derma.

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Dermis

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The major sweat glands of the human body, found in virtually all skin.

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Eccrine sweat gland

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The outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium.

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Epidermis

Question 17

A small bodily cavity or sac.

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Follicle

Question 18

A scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, and claws.

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Keratin

Question 19

Is a type of white blood cell. Found mostly in the outer layer of the skin and the lymph nodes.

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Langerhans’s cells

Question 20

A coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.

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Lanugo

Question 21

Any of numerous minute oval end organs of touch in sensitive skin, as in the palms, fingertips, and soles of the feet. Also called tactile corpuscle.

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Meissner’s corpuscle

Question 22

Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments composed of granules of highly irregular polymers, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.

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Melanin

Question 23

A cell producing and containing melanin.

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Melanocyte

Question 24

Are oval receptor cells found in the skin of vertebrates that have synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents.

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Merkel cells

Question 25

Cells of mesodermal origin that are capable of developing into connective tissues, blood, and lymphatic and blood vessels.

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Mesenchyme

Question 26

The site of transition from skin to epithelium of a mucous membrane.

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Mucocutaneous junction

Question 27

Line parts of the body that lead to the outside and are exposed to air.

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Mucous membrane

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The viscous slippery substance that consists chiefly of mucin, water, cells, and inorganic salts.

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Mucus

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Relating to or forming the wall of any cavity.

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Parietal portion

Question 30

Any small, nipplelike process or projection.

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Papilla

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The serous sac consisting of mesothelium and a thin layer of irregular connective tissue that lines the abdominal cavity.

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Peritoneum

Question 32

Inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever

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Peritonitis

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A delicate serous membrane investing each lung and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.

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Pleura

Question 34

Inflammation of the pleura

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Pleurisy

Question 35

A type of connective tissue. It has a network of reticular fibers, made of type III collagen.

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Reticular connective tissue

Question 36

Cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.

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Sebaceous gland

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A thin membranes, as the peritoneum, that line certain cavities of the body and exude a serous fluid.

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Serous membrane

Question 38

Located, found, or placed just beneath the skin; hypodermic.

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Subcutaneous

Question 39

Glands in the skin that secrete perspiration.

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Sudoriferous gland

Question 40

The horny outer layer of the epidermis, consisting of several layers of flat, keratinized, nonnucleated, dead or peeling cells. Also called corneal layer , horny layer .

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Stratum corneum

Question 41

The innermost layer of the epidermis.

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Stratum germinativum

Question 42

The connective-tissue membrane that lines the cavity of a synovial joint . Also called synovium .

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Synovial membrane

Question 43

Relating to, situated in, or affecting the viscera.

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Visceral portion

Question 44

A combining form meaning " Cutaneous ".

Answer 44

cutane/o

Question 45

A combining form of derma

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derm/a

Question 46

A combining form meaning “skin”

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derm/o

Question 47

A combining form meaning “Body tissue”

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hist/o

Question 48

A combining form meaning " horn, horny”.

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kerat/o

Question 49

A combining form meaning “ flesh ” .

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sarc/o

Question 50

A combining form meaning “hard”.

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scler/o

Question 51

A combining form meaning “hair” .

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trich/o

Question 52

A combining form meaning “skin ”.

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dermat/o

Question 53

A combining form meaning “ nails”

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onych/o