Immune & Integumentary System

Question 1

Organ System:
1. System composed of cells and organs that protect the body against pathogens.

Answer 1

Immune System

Question 2

Organ System:
Immune System:
1. Microorganisms that cause infections in the body

Answer 2

Pathogen

Question 3

Organ System:
Immune System:
1. Substances that causes the immune system to produce antibodies against it

Answer 3

Antigen

Question 4

Organ System:
Immune System:
1. Any substance that contains weakened or inactive parts of a particular organisms which is used to stimulate the production of antibodies.

Answer 4

Vaccine

Question 5

Organ System:
Immune System:
1. The ability to ward off damage or disease through defenses

Answer 5

Immunity

Question 6

Organ System:
Immune System:
Two Types of Immunity

Answer 6

Innate and Adaptive Immunity

Question 7

Organ System:
Immune System:
Two Types of Immunity:
1. Defenses that are present at birth

Answer 7

Innate Immunity

Question 8

Organ System:
Immune System:
Two Types of Immunity:
1. Defenses that involve specific recognition of a pathogen once it has breached the innate immunity defenses.
2. Adapts to handle a specific pathogen.

Answer 8

Adaptive Immunity

Question 9

Organ System:
1. System that helps maintain a constant body temperature, protects the body, and provides sensory information about the surrounding environment.

Answer 9

Integumentary System

Question 10

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
1. Covers the external surface of the body and is the largest organ of the body in weight.

Answer 10

Skin

Question 11

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Skin

Answer 11

1. Epidermis
2. Dermis
3. Hypodermis

Question 12

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Skin:
1. Superficial thinner portion of the skin
2. Contains four principal types of cells: Keratinocytes, Melanocytes, Intraepidermal macrophages, tactile epithelial cells.

Answer 12

Epidermis

Question 13

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
1. A tough, fibrous protein that helps protect the skin and underlyng tissues.

Answer 13

Keratin

Question 14

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
1. A pigment that contributes to skin color and absorbs damaging ultraviolet (UV) light.

Answer 14

Melanin

Question 15

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
1. Cells that participate in immune responses mounted against microbes that invade the skin.
2. Help other cells of the immune system to recognize an invading microbe and destroy it.

Answer 15

Langerhans Cell or Intraepidermal Macrophages

Question 16

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Cells in the skin that detects touch sensations.

Answer 16

Tactile Epithelial Cells

Question 17

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Epidermis`

Answer 17

1. Basale
2. Spinosum
3. Granulosum
4. Lucidum
5. Corneum

Question 18

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Epidermis:
1. Deepest layer of the epidermis composed of a single row of cuboidal or columnar keratinocytes.
2. Some cells in this layer are stem cells that help produce new keratinocytes.

Answer 18

Stratum Basale

Question 19

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Epidermis:
1. Consists of numerous keratinocytes arranged in 8 -10 layers

Answer 19

Stratum Spinosum

Question 20

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Epidermis:
1. Middle layer
2. Consists of 3 - 5 layers of flattened keratinocytes that are undergoing apoptosis.

Answer 20

Stratum Granulosum

Question 21

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Epidermis:
1. Present only in thick skin of areas such as fingertips, palms, and soles.
2. Consists of four to six layers of flattened, clear, dead keratinocytes.
3. Provides an additional level of toughness in the region of thick skin.

Answer 21

Stratum Lucidum

Question 22

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Epidermis:
1. Consists of average of 25 to 30 layers of flattened dead keratinocytes.
2. Constant exposure of this skin layer to friction stimulates increased cell production and keratin production that results in the formation of a callus.

Answer 22

Stratum Corneum

Question 23

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Skin:
1. Layer of the skin that has the ability to stretch and recoil easily.
2. Much thicker than the epidermis.
3. Where blood vessels, nerves, glands, and hair follicles are embedded.

Answer 23

Dermis

Question 24

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Layers of the Skin:
1. Consists of adipose tissues that serves as a storage depot for fat and contains large blood vessels that supply the skin.

Answer 24

Subcutaneous Layer or Hypodermis

Question 25

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Skin Glands:
1. Oil glands
2. Secretes Sebum
3. Prevents hairs from drying out, prevent water loss from skin.

Answer 25

Sebaceous Glands

Question 26

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Skin Glands:
1. Sweat glands
2. Secretes sweat
3. Helps regulate the body temperature, waste removal, and stimulated during emotional stress and sexual excitement.

Answer 26

Sudoriferous Glands

Question 27

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
Skin Glands:
1. Modified sweat glands in the ear.
2. Secretes earwax
3. Helps impede entrance of foreign bodies into external ear canals.

Answer 27

Ceruminous Glands

Question 28

Organ System:
Integumentary System:
1. Plates of tightly packed, hard, dead, keratinized epidermal cells that form a clear, solid covering.

Answer 28

Nails