Charlenes Cards Flashcards
Smooth muscle that raises hair when the muscle contracts
Arrector pilli
The layer of skin that has blood vessels, nerves and glands is
Dermis
These glands secrete fluids outside and within the body are called
Exocrine
Name for light touch receptors
Messiner corpuscles
Part of the dermis that gives finger prints
Dermal papilla
A cyst that develops as the result oil gland
Owen
A protein that gives strength to the dermis
Collagen
A connective tissue that is found in the trachea
Hyaline cartilage
A muscle tissue in arteries and large blood allowing them to get big and small are
Smooth muscle
Nervous tissue of a neuron that takes impulses away
Axon
Integumentary system that connects skin to muscle
Subcutaneous
A skin pigment that is yellow
Carotene
A nerve cell is also called a
Neuron
In the epidermis; word for layers is
Stratified
The layer of the skin where mitosis (new skin) happens
Stratum basale
A pigment that protects and gives color to the skin is called
Melanin
Adipose is known as what and is ___ ____ tissue
Fat, loose connective tissue
A type of fibrous connective tissue, cordlike and connects bones to bones
Ligaments
What layer of the epidermis has keratin
Stratum corneum
Sudoriferous is a _____ gland
Sweat
The pancreas consists of _____&_____
Endocrine (digestive) exocrine (hormones)
The part of the hair that goes through mitosis is the
Follicule
A specific exocrine gland in skin that responds to anxiety or puberty
Apocrine gland
What area of the nail does mitosis take place?
In the root