Body Logistics Flashcards
What layer of skin contains keratohyalin granules?
Stratum Granulosum
Why is the the hyaline cartilage of the 1st MCP joint more prone to RA?
It lacks a perichondrium
Where is most of the yellow bone marrow found in long bones?
Medullary region
Which cell stores vitamin A in the liver?
Ito cell
How does an AP spread through the muscle?
It spreads to all parts of the muscle cell through T tubules
What is the function of intermediate filaments and neurofilaments?
Movement of organelles
Features of detrusor muscle?
Single nucleus
Involuntary
Slow sustained contraction
Rapidly divide to assist repair
What are the 2 cell types on either side of the transformational zone in the cervix?
Non-keratinised stratified squamous
Pseudostratefied
Which cells of the resp tract when damaged would cause breathlessness?
Simple squamous epithelium, bearing type 1 pneumocytes
What’s volkmann’s canal?
The neuromuscular bundle runs through it in bone
What are the different layers of fascia within muscles?
Epimysium - surrounds entire muscle
Perimysium - surrounds fascicle
Endomysium - surrounds muscle fibre
Which cell carries vesicles to the nerve terminal in neurone?
Microtubules
What scan would you do with a barium swallow?
CT
Which cell keeps the layers of epidermis together?
Desmosomes
What cells contract to aid secretion of eccrine glands?
Myoepithelial cells
