Chapter 5 The Integumentary System Flashcards
Branched gland that secretes sebum into a hair follicle
Sebaceous gland
Gland that secretes air wax
Ceruminous gland
Modified sweat gland that produces milk
Mammary gland
Gland that secretes a protein rich sweat into a hair follicle
Apocrine sweat gland
What type of skin tumor involves the keratinocytes of the stratum spinosum?
Squamous cell carcinoma
Sebaceous glands secrete by what types of secretion?
Holocene
Sweat glands secrete by what type of secretion?
Merocrine
Describe the structure of the skin
It consists of the superficial epidermis and the deep dermis
What are the layers of the dermis?
Papillary layer and reticular layer
Extensions radiating from the cell body which are typically short and highly branched and receive messages from the axons or other neurons and bring the impulses to the body
Dendrites
Simple coiled tubular Gland found over most of the body that secretes sweat through a sweat pore
Eccrine sweat gland
Smaller cells surrounding neurons are supportive cells called
Neurological cells
What are the major types of cell junctions?
Tight junctions Desmosomes. And gap junctions
What type of junctions help make the spaces between cells impermeable?
Tight junctions
Type of junction that increase the resistance of the tissue to mechanical stress
Desmosomes