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Chapter 6 - Integumentary System - Part 1 Flashcards

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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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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...
Ultraviolet radiation in sunlight
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Melanocytes lie in the...
Stratum basale
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Long pigment-containing cellular extensions transfer melanin granules in melanosomes into neighboring keratinocytes by a process called...
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...
Cyanosis
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Blood in the dermal vessels adds...
Color to the skin
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Increase the surface area where epidermal cells receive oxygen and nutrients from dermal capillaries...
Dermal papillae
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The dermis has two layers, upper and lower, called...
Papillary layer (upper), reticular layer (lower)
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Papillary layer of the dermis is composed of
Areolar connective tissue
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Reticular layer of the dermis is composed of...
Dense irregular connective tissue (that includes collagenous fibers and elastic fibers in a gel-like ground substance)
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Muscle fibers are contained in the...
Dermis
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Nerve cell processes are scattered throughout the...
Dermis
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Motor processes carry impulses to...
Dermal muscles and glands
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Sensory processes carry impulses away from-...
Specialized sensory receptors
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Lamellated corpuscles, a type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, responds to...
Heavy pressure
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This type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, senses light touch and texture...
Tactile corpuscles
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Other receptors called free nerve endings respond to...
Temperature changes, or to factors that can damage tissues and extend into the epidermis
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Accessory structures of the dermis include...
Blood vessels, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands
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# Reverse Organ
Two or more types of tissues grouped together and performing specialized functions is known as a...
43
# Reverse Skin
The largest organ in the body is the...
44
# Reverse Integumentary system
The skin and its various accessory structures make up the...
45
# Reverse Epidermal dendritic cells (Langerhans cells)
Play a role in initiating immune response by phagocytizing harmful microorganisms...
46
# Reverse Epithelial tissue overlying connective tissue
The skin includes two distinct layers...
47
# Reverse Epidermis
Outer layer of skin, composed of stratified squamous epithelium...
48
# Reverse Dermis
Inner layer of skin, thick and made up of connective tissue...
49
# Reverse Dermis
Basement membrane is anchored to the...
50
# Reverse Dermis and epidermis
Basement membrane separates the...
51
# Reverse Subcutaneous layer
Beneath the dermis, where adipose and areolar tissue bind skin to underlying organs...
52
# Reverse Parallel
ost fibers of the subcutaneous layer run ____ to the surface of the skin.
53
# Reverse Adipose tissue of the subcutaneous layer
Insulates, helping to conserve body heat from the outside...
54
# Reverse subcutaneous layer
Contains the major blood vessels that supply the skin...
55
# Reverse Epidermis
Composed entirely of stratified squamous epithelium and therefore lacks blood vessels...
56
# Reverse Stratum basale
deepest layer of the epidermis, can grow and divide/receive nutrients from nearby blood vessels in dermis...
57
# Reverse Keratinocytes
Cell membranes of older skin cells...
58
# Reverse Keratinocytes
Thicken and develop many desmosomes that fasten them to each other...
59
# Reverse Keratinization
Keratinocytes begin to harden in a process called...
60
# Reverse Stratum corneum
Outermost layer of the epidermis
61
# Reverse Stratum lucidum
Layer of epidermis that is in the thickened skin of the palms and soles...
62
# Reverse Thin
The stratum lucidum may be missing where the epidermis is...
63
# Reverse Shields the moist underlying tissues against excess water loss, mechanical injury, and the effects of harmful chemicals; keeps disease-causing microorganisms out
Epidermis protective functions...
64
# Reverse Melanin
Melanocytes produce...
65
# Reverse Skin color
Melanin provides...
66
# Reverse Ultraviolet radiation in sunlight
Melanin absorbs...
67
# Reverse Stratum basale
Melanocytes lie in the...
68
# Reverse Cytocrine secretion
Long pigment-containing cellular extensions transfer melanin granules in melanosomes into neighboring keratinocytes by a process called...
69
# Reverse Cyanosis
When the blood oxygen concentration is low, hemoglobin is dark red, and the skin appears bluish. This is a condition called...
70
# Reverse Color to the skin
Blood in the dermal vessels adds...
71
# Reverse Dermal papillae
Increase the surface area where epidermal cells receive oxygen and nutrients from dermal capillaries...
72
# Reverse Papillary layer (upper), reticular layer (lower)
The dermis has two layers, upper and lower, called...
73
# Reverse Areolar connective tissue
Papillary layer of the dermis is composed of
74
# Reverse Dense irregular connective tissue (that includes collagenous fibers and elastic fibers in a gel-like ground substance)
Reticular layer of the dermis is composed of...
75
# Reverse Dermis
Muscle fibers are contained in the...
76
# Reverse Dermis
Nerve cell processes are scattered throughout the...
77
# Reverse Dermal muscles and glands
Motor processes carry impulses to...
78
# Reverse Specialized sensory receptors
Sensory processes carry impulses away from-...
79
# Reverse Heavy pressure
Lamellated corpuscles, a type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, responds to...
80
# Reverse Tactile corpuscles
This type of sensory receptor in the deeper dermis, senses light touch and texture...
81
# Reverse Temperature changes, or to factors that can damage tissues and extend into the epidermis
Other receptors called free nerve endings respond to...
82
# Reverse Blood vessels, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands
Accessory structures of the dermis include...

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