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Chapter 4 Integumentary system Flashcards

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What are 4 types of tissues in the Integumentary system

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Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Neural

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3 Characteristics of Epithelial Cells

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  • Covers exposed areas
  • Lines internal passageways
  • Produces glandular secretions
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3 Characteristics of Connective Tissue

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  • Fills internal Spaces
  • Provides structural support
  • Stores energy
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What are 2 types of epithelial tissues

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Simple: one cell layer thick
Stratified: 2 or more cell layer thick

Pseudostratified: Usually CILIATED – mostly in the respiratory tract

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What comprises the cutaneous membrane

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Epidermis (on top of)

Dermis

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The dermis is comprised of how many layers and what are they?

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2 Layers

  • papillary
  • reticular
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What are the accessory structures of the skin

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  • hair follicle
  • exocrine glands
  • nails
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This area of the skin stores a lot of adipocytes

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Subcutaneous or hypodermis

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The epidermis is constituted of how many cell layers

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4-5
Soles of the feet and palms of the hand = 5 layers
Everything else = 4 layers

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The epidermis is made up of what type of epithelium

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Stratified squamous

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What are the 4 cell types of the epidermis

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  • Keratinocytes - most abundant
  • Melanocytes - role in producing malanin
  • Merkel cells - detection of sensation
  • Langerhans cells - similar to macrophages (also called dendritic cells
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Which cell in the epidermis is similar in function to the macrophages

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Langerhan cells

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What are the layers of the epidermis

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  • Stratum basale
  • Stratum spinosum
  • Stratum granulosum
  • Stratum lucidum
  • Stratum corneum
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The Stratum Germanativum is the most inner layer of the epidermis. T/F

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T

The Stratum Germativum is also known as the Stratum basale

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Which layer of the skin is closest to the basal lamina

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Stratum basale

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What cells are found in the Stratum basale

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  • Stem cells
  • Melanocytes
  • Merkel Cells (only in areas where we don’t have hair)
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Name a cell of the epidermis gives us sensation eg touch

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merkel cells - not the only one present

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How many cell layers are in the Stratum basale

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1

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The stratum spinosum is made up of how many cell layers

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several (4-6 cell layers)

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What cells are located in the Stratum Spinosum

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  • KERATINOCYTES: Daughter cells that started out in the stratum basale and then moved up they differentiated into this
  • Melanocytes
  • Langerhan cells
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Which cell in the epidermis lingers around looking for pathogens

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Langerhan cells

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Which layer of the epidermis contains bundles of protein filaments called Tonofibrils

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Stratum Spinosum

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How thick is the stratum granulosum

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1 cell thick

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Stratum Granulosum mainly contains what type of cells?

What are the substances found in this/these cells

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Keratinocytes

Substances are:

  • Keratohyalin (granules that support the keratin filaments)
  • Keratin
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What is the last cell layer where the cells are still alive? | Why?
Stratum granulosum | - Because it secretes a lipid rich substance that prevents nutrients from getting to the layers of cell above it
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Which cells are not alive in the epidermis of the skin
Stratum lucidum & stratum corneum
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Which layer of the epidermis of the skin is only found on thick skin, for example the palms
Stratum lucidum - Because of the production of the rich lipid substance in the stratum granulosum, these cells will be dead. - no nucleus or organelles - Cells flat & densely packed with keratin filaments
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How many cells thick is the stratum lucidum
1-2
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How many cells thick is the stratum corneum
Up to 30 cells thick
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Why do people get callous in their hand? What layer is increasing
Stratum granulosum: In areas where there are high amounts of friction you will increase the amount of keratohyalin and keratin, which results in the thickening of the skin and formation of a callous.
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What are our fingerprint?
Epidermal ridge present in the epidermis due to dermal papilla in the dermis
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How are fingerprints formed?
The dermis has dermal papilla (ridges). The stratum basale, which is above contours with the dermal papilla forming an epidermal ridge, which gives us our fingerprints
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What may cause skin color to vary?
- Blood supply - thickness of stratum corneum - Depends on 2 different pigments: carotene & melanin
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What is Sienosis?
Lacking blood color e.g. palms of hand and soles of feet
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Carotene is produced by which cells?
Keratinocytes
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Melanin is produced and stored by which cells?
Melanocytes
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Where are the melanocytes located?
In the stratum basale
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Why do keratinocytes have melanin?
The melanocytes have long projections that go up into the stratum granulosum and release its contents (malanin pigments) into the keratinocytes.
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What makes us lighter or darker is the amount of melanocytes that each of us have. T/F
False It is the amount melanin produced by the melanocytes. Everybody has about the same amount of malanocytes but produce different numbers of the melanin pigment.
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Functions of the Integumentary system
- Protection from environmental hazards - Synthesis and storage of lipid reserves - Coordination of immune response to pathogens and cancers in the skin - Sensory information - Synthesis of vitamin D3 - Excreation - Thermoregulation
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Which layer is arranged with a lot of collagen fibers?
The Reticular layer located beneath the papillary layer (Both in the dermis)
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What are the accessory structures of the skin
- Sebaceous gland - Hair follicle - Sweat gland - Fingernails
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The part of the hair that sticks out of the skin is called the hair follicle. T/F
False | It's called the hair shaft
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what contains the blood vessels and nerves in the hair?
Hair papilla
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What are the 3 hair structures
- Inner medulla (think middle): Soft and flexible - Outer cortex: Hard keratin/stiff - Cuticle: Dead keratinized cells that coat the hair
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What is the soft/flexible part of the hair structure called
Inner medulla
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What is the part of the hair structure that is hard/stiff
Outer cortex
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Where is the dead keratinized cells that coat the hair found
cuticle
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What is the whitish part of the nail called? (Pail crescent area)
Lunula
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The area where dirt gets stuck under our nail is called what?
Hyponychium
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Connective Tissue is classified into 3 categories, which are?
1 Connective Tissue Proper 2 Fluid Connective Tissue 3 Supporting Connective Tissue
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Which cells are used to tell the type of cell. The ones further away or closer to the connective tissue?
The cells further away from the connective tissue are used to tell the type of cesll
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Squamous cells are....
Squished/Flat | e.g. Blood vessels and skin for protection
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Cuboidal cells are ...
Cube shaped | e.g. glands/ducts/kidney tubules
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Columnar cells are and contains ...
Rectangular/ contains cilia | e.g. lungs and digestive tract that also contains rugae
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Transitional cells are...
Round & big | They expand and adapt to liquids e.g. The bladder
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Connective Tissue Proper is made up of what types of cells
Fixed Cells | Wandering Cells
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List 6 Fixed Cells
``` Fibroblasts Fibrocytes Fixed MACROPHAGES Adipocytes Mesenchymal cells Melanocytes ```
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List 5 Wandering Cells
``` Free MACROPHAGES Mast cells Lymphocytes Neutrophils Eosinophils ```
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Which connective tissue proper cell is both a fixed and wandering cell?
macrophages
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Mast cells help to do what?
Stimulate inflammation

Ch 4, 16, 18, 21(part 1 & 2), 27 (6 decks)

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