At home exam 2 Flashcards
Sudiferous glans are categorized into two distinct types?
Apocrine and Eppicrine
Prevention of osteoporosis includes adequate intake of what?
Calcium and Vitamin D
Heart muscle cells would tend to separate without
Intercalated discs
A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order?
Corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale
The skin cancer most likely to metastasize is cancer of the melanocyte
True
Which of the following cells and their functions are correctly matched?
Dendritic (Langerhans) cells = activate the immune system
Fibrocartilage provides support (re-enforcement) and shock absorption
True
Ossification of the ends of long bones
Is produced by secondary ossification
Group of cells that are similar in structure and perform a common or related function form a ________
Tissue
For intramembranous ossification to take place, which of the following is necessary?
Ossification centers form in the fibrous connective tissue membrane
Dendritic cells is a specialized
Phagocytic cell
The single most important risk factor for skin cancer is
UV overexposure and UV radiation
Blood is a type of connective tissue
True
What type of exocrine gland has small portions of its epithelial cells as its secretion?
Apocrine secretion
What kind of tissue is the forerunner of long bones in the embryo?
Hyaline Cartilage
Which type of skin cancer appears as a scaly reddened papule and tends to grow rapidly and metastasize
Squamous cell carcinoma
May indicate embarrassment, fever, hypertension, inflammation, or allergy
Erythema
A bluish color in light-skinned individuals
Cyanosis
Usually indicated liver disorder
Jaundice
The cell responsible for secreting the matric of the bone is
Osteoblast
Bones are covered and lined by a protective tissue called periosteum. The inner layer consists primarily of osteogenic cells
Osteogenic cells
What tissue has lacunae, osteocytes, and blood vessels
Bone (Osseous tissue)
The primary blast cell for connective tissue proper is
Fibroblast
Elastic cartilage is found in the walls of the large arteries that leave the heart
True
The inability to absorb digested nutrients and secrete mucus may indicate a disorder in which epithelium?
Simple Columnar
The reason intercalated discs exert great tensile strength is that they possess
collagen fibers
What is the structural unit of compact bone?
The osteon
The lining of the marrow cavity
Endosteum
Cells that can dissolve the bony matrix
Osteoclasts
Small channels that radiate through the matrix of the bone
Canaliculi
Layers of bone matrix
Lamellae
Select the correct statement regarding adipose tissue
Its primary function is nutrient storage
What tissue in the wall of the uterus is required for labor contractions?
Smooth muscle
The shape of the external ear is maintained by
Elastic cartilage
What is the single most important stimulus for epiphysial plate activity during childhood?
Growth hormone
The membranous layer that covers the surface of an organ in a body cavity is called the visceral layer and the layer that lines the wall of the body cavity is the parietal layer?
True
A ciliated version of pseudostratified columnar epithelial coating mucus-secreting goblet cells ____
Lines most of the respiratory tract
What structure allows the diaphysis of the bone to increase in length until early childhood?
Epithysial plate
