Integumentary Vocab

Question 1

Body Membranes

Answer 1

Cover surfaces, line body cavities, and form protective sheets around organs.

Question 2

Epithelial Membranes

Answer 2

Contain an epithelial sheet, combined with and under layer and of connective tissue.

Question 3

Cutaneous Membranes

Answer 3

Is your skin.

Question 4

Mucous Membrane

Answer 4

composed of epithelium resting on a loose connective tissue membrane.

Question 5

Serous fluid

Answer 5

composed of a layer of simple epithelium resting on a thin layer of areolar connective tissue.

Question 6

Peritoneum

Answer 6

lining the abdominal cavity and covering its organs.

Question 7

Pleura

Answer 7

surrounding the lungs;

Question 8

Pericardium

Answer 8

Around the heart.

Question 9

Synovial membranes

Answer 9

composed of soft areolar connective tissue and contain no epithelium cells.

Question 10

Skin

Answer 10

cutaneous membrane

Question 11

Integumentary

Answer 11

Skin, hair, nails, and oil glands.

Question 12

Keratin

Answer 12

uppermost layer of skin.

Question 13

Epidermis

Answer 13

made up of stratified squamous epithelium.

Question 14

Dermis

Answer 14

Made up mostly of dense connective tissues.

Question 15

Subcutaneous tissue

Answer 15

anchor skin and underlying organs.

Question 16

Stratum Basale

Answer 16

the deepest cell layer.

Question 17

Stratum Spinosum

Answer 17

the move away from the dermis.

Question 18

Stratum Granulo

Answer 18

superficail layers.

Question 19

stratum lucidum

Answer 19

skin cells die.

Question 20

Stratum Corneul

Answer 20

outermost layer.

Question 21

Melanin

Answer 21

Pigment that ranges in color.

Question 22

Papillary layer

Answer 22

upper derminal region

Question 23

Dermal Papilae

Answer 23

indent the epidermis above.

Question 24

reticular layer

Answer 24

The lower layer of the dermis.

Question 25

exocrine glands

Answer 25

are glands that secrete their products into ducts.

Question 26

sebaceous glands

Answer 26

a small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter (sebum) into the hair follicles to lubricate the skin and hair.

Question 27

sebum

Answer 27

an oily secretion of the sebaceous glands.

Question 28

eccrine glands

Answer 28

open by a duct directly onto the skin surface

Question 29

apocrine glands

Answer 29

Cells which are classified as apocrine bud their secretions off through the plasma

Question 30

hair follicles

Answer 30

the sheath of cells and connective tissue that surrounds the root of a hair.

Question 31

arrector pili

Answer 31

muscles are small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals

Question 32

athlete’s foot

Answer 32

A fungal infection that usually begins between the toes.

Question 33

boils and carbuncles

Answer 33

is an abscess in the skin caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.

Question 34

cold sores

Answer 34

infection with the herpes simplex virus around the border of the lips.

Question 35

contact dermatits

Answer 35

A skin rash caused by contact with a certain substance.

Question 36

impetigo

Answer 36

A highly contagious skin infection that causes red sores on the face

Question 37

psoriasis

Answer 37

A condition in which skin cells build up and form scales and itchy, dry patches.