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Lecture Exam 2 Quiz Questions Flashcards

1
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Name the three major pigments that contribute to skin color

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Melanin, Hemoglobin, and Carotene

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State 3 ways that skin can contribute to thermoregulation

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1) liberating sweat
2) Raising and lower hairs
3) dialating/constricting the capillaries to regulate blood flow to the surface of the body

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3
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Sebaceous glands release the whole secretory cell with the secretory product. What is the term for this method of secretion?

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Holocrine

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4
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Where do you find the most sebaceous glands?

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At the base of hair follicles

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5
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What protein cross-links elastin molecules together to give elastic fibers their ability to stretch and relax?

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Fibrillin

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What is the difference between a proteoglycan and a glycosaminoglycan?

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A glycosaminoglycan is a repeating dissacharide. A proteoglycan has a core protein w/ glycosaminoglycans attached to it.

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7
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What are the main resident cells of connective tissue?

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Fibroblasts

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You are looking at a histological section of muscle that has striations and peripheral nuclei. What type of muscle are you viewing?

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Skeletal Muscle

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9
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What type of connective tissue molecule is dermatin sulfate?

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A glycosaminoglycan

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10
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What type of molecule is keratin?

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a cytoskeletal protein – intermediate filament (present in skin)

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11
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What does the term hypertrophy mean?

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To increase in size (hyperplasia = to increase in number)

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12
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Where owuld you find Langerhan’d cells and what do they do?

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In the skin - resident dendritic cells that serve an immune function

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13
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What vitamin is activated by UV light in the skin?

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Vitamin D

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14
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What does the term serous mean?

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Serous membranes line one body cavities that do not open directly to the exterior – watery secretions rather than mucousy

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15
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Cutaneous membrane is another term for what organ?

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Skin

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16
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What is osteoid?

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unmineralized bone matrix made of calcium phosphate and matrix molecules. Mineralized matrix = calcium hydroxyapitite

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17
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Where do you find osteogenic cells?

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In the periosteum and endosteum

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18
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What is it that cartilage does not repair?

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Avascular, chondrogenic (cartilage producing cells) cannot be brought in after damage)

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What do you call the immature cells in cartilage

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Chondroblasts

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20
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How would you classify articular cartilage

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Hyaline cartilage

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21
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What feature of cartilage matrix allows it to resist compressive forces?

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Presence of GAGs w/ sulfated side chains that draw in water due to their negative charge (and collagen makes it strong)

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What do you call the mature cells in bone?

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Osteocytes

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23
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What are cannaliculi?

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Channels where processes from osteocytes can meet up and form gap junctions

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24
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What do you call the concentric rings of bones that are laid down in osteons?

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Lamellae

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25
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What do you call the spaces where adult bone and cartilage cells reside?

26
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What do you call the “hole” in the middle of an osteon?

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Central, osteonal, or haversian canal

27
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What is present in the central canal?

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Blood vessels and lymphatic vessels

28
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Why does compact bone need to be arranged into osteons?

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to allow for osteocytes to recieve nutrients and oxygen. Hard for these to diffuse through mineralized matrix. Allows for bone regeneration.

29
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What is the generalized term for reduced bone density?

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Osteopenia

30
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Name an autoimmune disease that causes degeneration in joints? What does autoimmune mean?

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Rheumatoid arthritis. Autoimmune = immune system attacking body

31
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Name the 5 layers in the epidermis from most superficial to deepest?

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Stratum corneum
Stratum lucidum
Stratum grandosum
Stratum Spinosum
Stratum Basale
32
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Are sweat glands exocrine or endocrine? Why?

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Exocrine – secrete via ducts

33
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Do you find blood vessels in the dermis?

34
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Do you find blood vessels in the epidermis?

35
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What are the 2 layers of the dermis, form the most superficial to the deepest?

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Papillary

Reticular

36
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What cells produce pigment and where are they?

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Melanocytes. Basal Layer of epidermis.

37
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What are the most abundant cells in the epidermis?

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Keratinocytes

38
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What do we not grow taller after puberty?

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our growth plates close

39
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Why can broken bones heal?

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Our bones remodel constantly

40
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When a bone breaks, what type of tissue fills the space first?

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Fibrocartilage (fibrous callus – connective tissue)

41
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What do fractures heal faster in children?

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Cells more active, more osteogenic cells, everything faster

42
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What dietary recommendations would you give to help prevent osteoporosis?

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Vitamin D and calcium taken togehter. Weight bearing exercise.

43
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Name the cells responsible for breaking down bones

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Osteoclasts

44
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What is the developmental lineage of osteoclasts?

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bone marrow =>monocyte => osteoclasts

45
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What do osteoclasts look like?

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Pacman ghosts. Multinucleate.

46
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What is the most important horomone in maintaining calcium homeostasis?

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Parathyroid horomone

47
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What is the most important vitamin in maintaining Calcium homeostasis?

48
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State 4 organ systems important in maintaining calcium homestasis:

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skeletal, endocrine, gastrointestinal, integumentary, urinary

49
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Name some important functions of calcium in the body:

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  • neurotransmitter release
  • membrane permeability
  • muscle contraction
  • enzyme activation
  • intracellular second messenger
  • hormone release
  • blood coagulation
  • bone formation
  • cell motility
  • cell secretion
  • cellular differentiation
50
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From what cells do osteocytes develop?

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Mesenchymal stem cells => osteogenic cell => osteoblast => osteocyte

51
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Why is compact bone organized into osteons?

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to allow osteocytes to recieve adequate nutrition

52
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Give 2 examples of bone modeling

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  • Shape longbones during development

- shape changes during development, e.g. tooth fracture repair

53
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Where do you find an epiphyseal plate?

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developing long bones

54
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How do the bones fo the cranium develop?

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Intramembranous ossification

55
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Define the Method of Secretion: Merocrine Glands

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or (eccrine glands) - cells excrete their substances by exocytosis; for example, pancreatic acinar cells.

56
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Define the Method of Secretion: Apocrine Glands

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a portion of the plasma membrane buds off the cell, containing the excretion.

57
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Define the Method of Secretion: Holocrine Glands

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the entire cell disintegrates to excrete its substance; for example, sebaceous glands of the skin and nose.

58
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Define term: trabeculae

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Thin columns of bone that make up spongy bone

59
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Sudiferous (sweat) glands use what method of secretion?

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Merocrine, secrete via exocytosis

60
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What is alkaline phosphatase?

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Secreted by osteoblasts, and enzyme that initiates mineralization of the osteid

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