Integumentary Vocab Flashcards
Body Membranes
Cover surfaces, line body cavities, and form protective sheets around organs.
Epithelial Membranes
Contain an epithelial sheet, combined with and under layer and of connective tissue.
Cutaneous Membranes
Is your skin.
Mucous Membrane
composed of epithelium resting on a loose connective tissue membrane.
Serous fluid
composed of a layer of simple epithelium resting on a thin layer of areolar connective tissue.
Peritoneum
lining the abdominal cavity and covering its organs.
Pleura
surrounding the lungs;
Pericardium
Around the heart.
Synovial membranes
composed of soft areolar connective tissue and contain no epithelium cells.
Skin
cutaneous membrane
Integumentary
Skin, hair, nails, and oil glands.
Keratin
uppermost layer of skin.
Epidermis
made up of stratified squamous epithelium.
Dermis
Made up mostly of dense connective tissues.
Subcutaneous tissue
anchor skin and underlying organs.
Stratum Basale
the deepest cell layer.
Stratum Spinosum
the move away from the dermis.
Stratum Granulo
superficail layers.
stratum lucidum
skin cells die.
Stratum Corneul
outermost layer.
Melanin
Pigment that ranges in color.
Papillary layer
upper derminal region
Dermal Papilae
indent the epidermis above.
reticular layer
The lower layer of the dermis.
exocrine glands
are glands that secrete their products into ducts.
sebaceous glands
a small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter (sebum) into the hair follicles to lubricate the skin and hair.
sebum
an oily secretion of the sebaceous glands.
eccrine glands
open by a duct directly onto the skin surface
apocrine glands
Cells which are classified as apocrine bud their secretions off through the plasma
hair follicles
the sheath of cells and connective tissue that surrounds the root of a hair.
arrector pili
muscles are small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals
athlete’s foot
A fungal infection that usually begins between the toes.
boils and carbuncles
is an abscess in the skin caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.
cold sores
infection with the herpes simplex virus around the border of the lips.
contact dermatits
A skin rash caused by contact with a certain substance.
impetigo
A highly contagious skin infection that causes red sores on the face
psoriasis
A condition in which skin cells build up and form scales and itchy, dry patches.
