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Chapter 6 - Integumentary System - Part 1 Flashcards

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1
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Two or more types of tissues grouped together and performing specialized functions is known as a…

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Organ

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The largest organ in the body is the…

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Skin

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The skin and its various accessory structures make up the…

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Integumentary system

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Play a role in initiating immune response by phagocytizing harmful microorganisms…

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Epidermal dendritic cells (Langerhans cells)

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The skin includes two distinct layers…

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Epithelial tissue overlying connective tissue

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Outer layer of skin, composed of stratified squamous epithelium…

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Epidermis

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Inner layer of skin, thick and made up of connective tissue…

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Dermis

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Basement membrane is anchored to the…

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Dermis

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Basement membrane separates the…

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Dermis and epidermis

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Beneath the dermis, where adipose and areolar tissue bind skin to underlying organs…

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Subcutaneous layer

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ost fibers of the subcutaneous layer run ____ to the surface of the skin.

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Parallel

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Insulates, helping to conserve body heat from the outside…

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Adipose tissue of the subcutaneous layer

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Contains the major blood vessels that supply the skin…

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subcutaneous layer

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Composed entirely of stratified squamous epithelium and therefore lacks blood vessels…

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Epidermis

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deepest layer of the epidermis, can grow and divide/receive nutrients from nearby blood vessels in dermis…

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Stratum basale

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Cell membranes of older skin cells…

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Keratinocytes

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Thicken and develop many desmosomes that fasten them to each other…

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Keratinocytes

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Keratinocytes begin to harden in a process called…

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Keratinization

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Outermost layer of the epidermis

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Stratum corneum

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Layer of epidermis that is in the thickened skin of the palms and soles…

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Stratum lucidum

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21
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The stratum lucidum may be missing where the epidermis is…

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Thin

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Epidermis protective functions…

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Shields the moist underlying tissues against excess water loss, mechanical injury, and the effects of harmful chemicals; keeps disease-causing microorganisms out

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Melanocytes produce…

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Melanin

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Melanin provides…

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Skin color

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Melanin absorbs…

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Ultraviolet radiation in sunlight

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Melanocytes lie in the…

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Stratum basale

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27
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Long pigment-containing cellular extensions transfer melanin granules in melanosomes into neighboring keratinocytes by a process called…

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Cytocrine secretion

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When the blood oxygen concentration is low, hemoglobin is dark red, and the skin appears bluish. This is a condition called…

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Cyanosis

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29
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Blood in the dermal vessels adds…

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Color to the skin

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30
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Increase the surface area where epidermal cells receive oxygen and nutrients from dermal capillaries…

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Dermal papillae

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The dermis has two layers, upper and lower, called…

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Papillary layer (upper), reticular layer (lower)

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Papillary layer of the dermis is composed of

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Areolar connective tissue

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33
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Reticular layer of the dermis is composed of…

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Dense irregular connective tissue (that includes collagenous fibers and elastic fibers in a gel-like ground substance)

34
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Muscle fibers are contained in the…

A

Dermis

35
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Nerve cell processes are scattered throughout the…

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Dermis

36
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Motor processes carry impulses to…

A

Dermal muscles and glands

37
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Sensory processes carry impulses away from-…

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Specialized sensory receptors

38
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Lamellated corpuscles, a type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, responds to…

A

Heavy pressure

39
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This type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, senses light touch and texture…

A

Tactile corpuscles

40
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Other receptors called free nerve endings respond to…

A

Temperature changes, or to factors that can damage tissues and extend into the epidermis

41
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Accessory structures of the dermis include…

A

Blood vessels, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands

42
Q

Reverse

Organ

A

Two or more types of tissues grouped together and performing specialized functions is known as a…

43
Q

Reverse

Skin

A

The largest organ in the body is the…

44
Q

Reverse

Integumentary system

A

The skin and its various accessory structures make up the…

45
Q

Reverse

Epidermal dendritic cells (Langerhans cells)

A

Play a role in initiating immune response by phagocytizing harmful microorganisms…

46
Q

Reverse

Epithelial tissue overlying connective tissue

A

The skin includes two distinct layers…

47
Q

Reverse

Epidermis

A

Outer layer of skin, composed of stratified squamous epithelium…

48
Q

Reverse

Dermis

A

Inner layer of skin, thick and made up of connective tissue…

49
Q

Reverse

Dermis

A

Basement membrane is anchored to the…

50
Q

Reverse

Dermis and epidermis

A

Basement membrane separates the…

51
Q

Reverse

Subcutaneous layer

A

Beneath the dermis, where adipose and areolar tissue bind skin to underlying organs…

52
Q

Reverse

Parallel

A

ost fibers of the subcutaneous layer run ____ to the surface of the skin.

53
Q

Reverse

Adipose tissue of the subcutaneous layer

A

Insulates, helping to conserve body heat from the outside…

54
Q

Reverse

subcutaneous layer

A

Contains the major blood vessels that supply the skin…

55
Q

Reverse

Epidermis

A

Composed entirely of stratified squamous epithelium and therefore lacks blood vessels…

56
Q

Reverse

Stratum basale

A

deepest layer of the epidermis, can grow and divide/receive nutrients from nearby blood vessels in dermis…

57
Q

Reverse

Keratinocytes

A

Cell membranes of older skin cells…

58
Q

Reverse

Keratinocytes

A

Thicken and develop many desmosomes that fasten them to each other…

59
Q

Reverse

Keratinization

A

Keratinocytes begin to harden in a process called…

60
Q

Reverse

Stratum corneum

A

Outermost layer of the epidermis

61
Q

Reverse

Stratum lucidum

A

Layer of epidermis that is in the thickened skin of the palms and soles…

62
Q

Reverse

Thin

A

The stratum lucidum may be missing where the epidermis is…

63
Q

Reverse

Shields the moist underlying tissues against excess water loss, mechanical injury, and the effects of harmful chemicals; keeps disease-causing microorganisms out

A

Epidermis protective functions…

64
Q

Reverse

Melanin

A

Melanocytes produce…

65
Q

Reverse

Skin color

A

Melanin provides…

66
Q

Reverse

Ultraviolet radiation in sunlight

A

Melanin absorbs…

67
Q

Reverse

Stratum basale

A

Melanocytes lie in the…

68
Q

Reverse

Cytocrine secretion

A

Long pigment-containing cellular extensions transfer melanin granules in melanosomes into neighboring keratinocytes by a process called…

69
Q

Reverse

Cyanosis

A

When the blood oxygen concentration is low, hemoglobin is dark red, and the skin appears bluish. This is a condition called…

70
Q

Reverse

Color to the skin

A

Blood in the dermal vessels adds…

71
Q

Reverse

Dermal papillae

A

Increase the surface area where epidermal cells receive oxygen and nutrients from dermal capillaries…

72
Q

Reverse

Papillary layer (upper), reticular layer (lower)

A

The dermis has two layers, upper and lower, called…

73
Q

Reverse

Areolar connective tissue

A

Papillary layer of the dermis is composed of

74
Q

Reverse

Dense irregular connective tissue (that includes collagenous fibers and elastic fibers in a gel-like ground substance)

A

Reticular layer of the dermis is composed of…

75
Q

Reverse

Dermis

A

Muscle fibers are contained in the…

76
Q

Reverse

Dermis

A

Nerve cell processes are scattered throughout the…

77
Q

Reverse

Dermal muscles and glands

A

Motor processes carry impulses to…

78
Q

Reverse

Specialized sensory receptors

A

Sensory processes carry impulses away from-…

79
Q

Reverse

Heavy pressure

A

Lamellated corpuscles, a type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, responds to…

80
Q

Reverse

Tactile corpuscles

A

This type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, senses light touch and texture…

81
Q

Reverse

Temperature changes, or to factors that can damage tissues and extend into the epidermis

A

Other receptors called free nerve endings respond to…

82
Q

Reverse

Blood vessels, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands

A

Accessory structures of the dermis include…

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