Crash Course Notes

Question 1

Hormones that are always running through your body

Answer 1

Cascades

Question 2

Hormones are mostly made of 2 substances:

Answer 2

Amino Acids

Lipids

Question 3

These hormones can’t enter the cell and attach to receptors on the cell membrane

Answer 3

Water soluble hormones

Question 4

hormone receptors are typically in the cytoplasm or nucleus of the cell

Answer 4

Lipid soluble hormones

Question 5

Pancreatic cells responsible for the release of insulin

Answer 5

Beta cells

Question 6

Pancreatic cells responsible for the release of glucagon

Answer 6

Alpha cells

Question 7

Disease where the immune system creates antibodies that mimic thyroid hormones and cause the thyroid to overproduce; hyperthyroidism

Answer 7

Grave’s Disease

Question 8

The Thyroid secretes hormones that control these 3 things :

Answer 8

Body temp
Skin moisture
O2, Calcium and Cholesterol levels in blood

Question 9

Made of stratified squamous epithelial tissue; contains Langerhans cells (dendritic)

Answer 9

Epidermis

Question 10

These cells are at the bottom of the epidermis and wrapped around nerves

Answer 10

Merkel Cells

Question 11

Layers of the epidermis : CLGSB

Answer 11

Stratum corneum
Stratum lucidum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum spinosum
Stratum basale

Question 12

Layer of epidermis that houses keratinocytes

Answer 12

Stratum granulosum

Question 13

home to columnal cells

Answer 13

Stratum basale

Question 14

Layer of dermis containing areolar connective tissue

Answer 14

Papillary layer

Question 15

Layer of dermis consisting of dense irregular connective tissue; 80% of dermis

Answer 15

Reticular layer

Question 16

Mostly adipose tissue (skin layer)

Answer 16

Hypodermis

Question 17

Sweat glands that can be found in the palms, forehead, and soles of feet

Answer 17

Eccrine sweat glands

Question 18

empty into hair follicles around groin & armpits during puberty; mammary glands, ceruminous glands

Answer 18

Apocrine sweat glands