Integumentary Terms Flashcards
Cell junctions
tight, adherens, desmosomes, hemidesmosomes, gap
tight junction
prevent movement of fluids
adherens junction
hold cells together at apical surface
desmosomes
attach cells to adjacent cells
hemidesmosomes
attach cells to extracellular stuff like basement membrane
gap junction
allow cell to cell transfer of stuff
exocrine glands
secrete onto epithelia
endocrine glands
secrete hormones into bloodstream
merocine glands
use secretory vesicles
apocrine glands
secrete pinched off part of cell
holocrine glands
secrete whole dead cell
sebaceous glands
holocrine, oil
sudoriferous glands
generic sweat, merocine
apocrine sweat glands
apocrine, armpit sweat
mammary glands
apocrine, milk
ceruminous glands
apocrine, earwax
wound healing stages
inflammatory, migratory, proliferative, maturation
inflammatory stage
blood clot
migratory stage
scab, repair connective tissue
proliferative stage
grow new skin and veins
maturation
scab sloughs off