Exam 1: Common Integument Flashcards
What makes up the common integument
Skin (cutis)
Subcutaneous tissue (Tela subcutanea)
This include cutaneous glands, hair, tactile hair,cornified portions of horns & antlers,
cornified portions of claws & hoof
Skin (Cutis)
This includes subcutaneous fascia and adipose
tissue, subcutaneous muscles, nerves,
superficial veins and arterioles
Subcutaneous tissue
Connective tissue (CT) that binds the organs of the body together
Fascia (plural fasciae)
stronger and denser layer of
CT that more closely invests muscles or
groups of muscles.
- Very well developed in certain areas
& important clinically
Deep
The term Deep is used to name structures that are ____________________
deep to the deep fascia
(deep muscles, organs,
large vessels and deep nerves)
e.g. a intramuscular injection is deep
In clinical or surgical settings DEEP is used to go (towards the center of body organ OR towards the surface of the body organ)?
Towards the center of the body organ
In clinical or surgical settings SUPERFICIAL is used to go (towards the center of body organ OR towards the surface of the body organ)?
towards the surface of the body organ
Term used to describe within a body cavity
Internal
Term used to describe outside of a body cavity
External
What term is used to describe the yellow arrow
internal
What term is used to describe the blue arrow
external
What is the black arrow pointing to
Deep fascia
What is the blue box referring to
Superficial fascia
What is the red box referring to
Deep fascia
What kind of tissue is the yellow arrow pointing to
subcutaneous
what kind of tissue are the red arrows pointing to
subcutaneous
what is the black arrow pointing to
subcutaneous nerve
