Exam 1 Flashcards by Mercedes Posey

In negative feedback mechanism, the response to effector….

Reverses original stimulus

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Which is consistent with homeostasis?

As body temperature rises, sweating occurs to cool body

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Directional terms referred to as opposites

Distal & Proximal

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Given that the suffix -itis means inflammation, which of the following terms means inflammation of the membrane lining the body cavity that contains the liver?

Peritonitis

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Which of the following organs is retroperitoneal in location?

Urinary bladder

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If one of the functions of capillaries is to supply body cells with oxygen and nutrients, you would expect the capillary walls to consist of?

Simple squamous epithelium

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Secretion is watery and contains solutes and substantial amount of phospholipid. Secretory process for this gland is?

Apocrine

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Protein fibers found in connective tissue

collagen
elastin
reticular fibers

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Which is classified as a Holocrine gland?

Sebaceous gland

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Lamellae are characteristic of?

Compact bone tissue

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Responsible for skin’s structural strength

Dermis

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Nourished by blood vessels located in dermis

Epidermis

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Layer of epidermis where cells loose their nuclei and other organelles die & fill up with keratin

Stratum granulosum

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Vitamin is synthesized in skin exposed to UV light

Vitamin D

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Serves as lubricant for joint cavities

Hyaluronic acid

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Skin patch that contains chemical absorbed through skin might be what type of chemical substance….

Lipid-soluble substance

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Feeling colder at elderly age because of….

Decreased thickness of their subcutaneous adipose tissue layer

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Macrophages are cells specialized for…

Phagocytosis

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Blood cells are produced in hematopoietic tissue found in…

Red bone marrow

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Dense irregular elastic connective tissue is found in…

Dermis of skin

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Refers to programmed cell death

Apoptosis

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Protein responsible for protective nature of stratum corneum

Keratin

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Study of tumors associated with problems

Oncology

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Action potential are received by neurons through…

Dendrites

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Procedure where small sample of living tissue is removed from the body for diagnostic examination

Biopsy

Caused by a recessive genetic trait resulting in an inability to produce the enzyme tryosinase, required to produce melanin

Albanism

Epidermis of skin is composed of what tissue?

Stratified squamous epithelial tissue

All glands of the body are of what origin?

Epithelial origin

Specialized columnar epithelial cells containing organelles responsible for synthesis and secretion

Goblet cells

Skin is attached to underlying muscle and bone by...

Hypodermis

Tissue imaging technique using radio waves directed at a patient inside a large electromagnetic field is known as..

Magnetic Resonance imaging

Bone matrix is composed of..

Calcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite

Connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Tendon

Protein shaped like coiled spring contained by elastic...

Elastin

Least common but most deadly form of skin cancer

Melanoma

Required for proper absorption of Ca from small intestine

Vitamin D

Chemical substances released or activated in affected tissues & adjacent blood vessels following injury/infection

Mast cells

Modified merocrine sweat glands located in external auditory meatus

Ceruminous

Bile pigments accumulate in blood and skin turns yellowish

Jaundice

Tissue that lines most of respiratory tract

Pseudo stratified epithelium

Cell responsible for making new matrix in fibrous connective tissue

Fibroblasts

Overstretched skin ruptures dermis and leaves visible lines through epidermis known as...

Straie

Specialized tissue designed for changing shapes found lining the urinary bladder

Transitional epithelium

Spaces in the bone matrix that are occupied by osteocytes

Lacunae

Chemicals secreted from apocrine sweat glands that can affect behavior and physiology of individuals of the same species

Pheromones

Associated with connective tissue & secrete chemicals such as heparin and histamine playing important role in inflammatory process

Mast cells

Contact regions between cells containing protein channels that aid intercellular communication allowing ions and molecules to pass between cells

Gap junction

Imaging technique using high frequency sound waves & is the oldest soft tissue technique

Ultrasound

Bedsores; due to weight of body over bony prominences causing reduced circulation

Decubitus ulcers

Femoral

Thigh

Brachial

Upper arm

Inguinal

Groin

Gluteal

Buttock

Sternal

Breastbone

Umbilical

Naval

Popliteal

Hollow behind knee

Cervical

Neck

Axillary

Armpit

Pectoral

Chest

Maintain cartilage matrix

Chondrocytes

Axon & dendrites

Neurons

Secrete chemicals during injury

Mast cells

Create bone matrix

Osteoblasts

Melanin

Melanocytes

Phagocytosis

Macrophages

Cartilage

Chondroblasts

Fibrous connective tissue

Fibroblasts

Maintain bone matrix

Osteocytes

Glands posses ducts

Exocrine

Glands that do not have ducts

Endocrine

Source of all adult connective tissue

Mesenchyme

Glands that secrete products through exocytosis

Merocrine

Glands that discharge fragments of gland's cell as secretion

Apocrine

Glands on which secretion accumulates in cytoplasm of cell, cells rupture and become apart of secretion

Holocrine gland

Not inclined to spread/become life threatening

Benign

Able to spread and become life threatening

Malignant

Spreading to new tissue site

Metastasis

Malignant neoplasm derived from EPITHELIAL tissue

Carcinoma

Malignant neoplasm derived from CONNECTIVE tissue

Sarcoma