Lecture Final - Comprehensive Flashcards
6 Levels of organization of an organism: [know the order]
- Chemical
- Tissue
- Organ systems
- Organism
- Cellular
- Organ
6 Levels of organization of an organism: [know the order]
- Chemical
- Cellular
- Organ
- Organ systems
6.
- Tissue
- Organism
6 Levels of organization of an organism: [know the order]
- Cellular
- Tissue
- Organ
- Organism
- Chemical
- Organ systems
__________ – ability of the body to detect and respond to changes in the environment (stimuli; stimulus is singular)
Responsiveness (irritability or excitability)
__________ – sum of all chemical processes in the body
Metabolism
__________ – breaking something down from complex to simple
Catabolism
__________ – breakdown of proteins into amino acids
Catabolism
__________ – building up from simple to complex
Anabolism
__________ – Joining of amino acids to form proteins
Anabolism
__________ – defined as the existence and maintenance of a stable internal environment in an ever-changing external environment
Homeostasis
Homeostasis – defined as the existence and maintenance of a stable internal __________ in an ever-changing __________ environment
- environment
- external
- 3 basic parts of a cell -
__________ – outside wall of the cell
Cell membrane
Cell membrane 4 basic functions:
a. __________ cell’s internal environment from the __________ environment
b. Regulates flow of materials in and out of the cell
c. Maintains appropriate internal environment
d. Plays important role in communication both with other cells and with the external environment
- Separates
- external
Cell membrane 4 basic functions:
a. Separates cell’s internal environment from the external environment
b. __________ flow of __________ in and out of the cell
c. Maintains appropriate internal environment
d. Plays important role in communication both with other cells and with the external environment
- Regulates
- materials
Cell membrane 4 basic functions:
a. Separates cell’s internal environment from the external environment
b. Regulates flow of materials in and out of the cell
c. __________ appropriate __________ environment
d. Plays important role in communication both with other cells and with the external environment
- Maintains
- internal
Cell membrane 4 basic functions:
a. Separates cell’s internal environment from the external environment
b. Regulates flow of materials in and out of the cell
c. Maintains appropriate internal environment
d. Plays important role in __________ both with other cells and with the __________ environment
- communication
- external
- 3 basic parts of a cell -
__________ – Consists of all contents of a cell between the plasma membrane and nucleus
Cytoplasm
- 3 basic parts of a cell -
Cytoplasm – Consists of all contents of a cell between the __________ membrane and __________
- plasma
- nucleus
- 3 basic parts of a cell -
3 parts of Cytoplasm:
1.
2. Organelles
3.
- Cytosol
3. Inclusions
- 3 basic parts of a cell -
__________ – control center for cell functions
Nucleus
- 3 basic parts of a cell -
Nucleus:
- Has information to __________ all proteins needed by the cell
- Contains the __________ – genetic material
- Dictates type and amount of __________ to be made
- manufacture
- DNA
- proteins
__________ – groups of similar cells that have a common function
Tissues
Four basic types of Tissue:
i.
ii. Connective
iii.
iv. Nervous
- Epithelial
- Muscle
Four basic types of Tissue:
i. Epithelial
ii.
iii. Muscle
iv.
- Connective
- Nervous
Examples of Epithelial Tissue:
- __________
- Inside of __________
- skin
- kidneys
Examples of Connective Tissue:
- __________
- blood
- __________
- fat
- cartilage
- 3 Types of cartilage -
__________ - (most common)
Found at the junction of the ribs and sternum, trachea, ends of bones that form joints
Hyaline
- 3 Types of cartilage -
Hyaline -
Found at the junction of the __________ and sternum, __________, ends of bones that form joints
- ribs
- trachea
- 3 Types of cartilage -
__________ –
Forms the ear, epiglottis, larynx
Elastic
- 3 Types of cartilage -
Elastic – (has a lot of elastic fibers)
Forms the __________, epiglottis, __________
- ear
- larynx
- 3 Types of cartilage -
__________ – very little ground substance
-Found in the discs between the vertebrae, between pubic bones in the pelvis and in the menisci of the knee (pads of cartilage between femur and tibia)
Fibrocartilage
- 3 Types of cartilage -
Fibrocartilage – very little ground substance
-Found in the discs between the __________, between pubic bones in the __________ and in the menisci of the knee
- vertebrae
- pelvis
5 Layers of the Epidermis are:
- Stratum __________
- Stratum Spinosum
- Stratum Granulosum
- Stratum __________
- Stratum Corneum
- Basale
- Lucidum
5 Layers of the Epidermis are:
- Stratum basale
- Stratum __________
- Stratum Granulosum
- Stratum Lucidum
- Stratum __________
- Spinosum
- Corneum
5 Layers of the Epidermis are:
- Stratum basale
- Stratum Spinosum
- Stratum __________
- Stratum Lucidum
- Stratum Corneum
Granulosum
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum __________ – deepest layer
- Main cells are basal cells – single row of stem cells that reproduce to replace keratinocytes that are shed
- Merkel cells – sensitive to touch
- Melanocytes – give skin its color
basale
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum basale – deepest layer
- Main cells are basal cells – single row of __________ cells that reproduce to replace __________ that are shed
- Merkel cells – sensitive to touch
- Melanocytes – give skin its color
- stem
- keratinocytes
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum basale – deepest layer
- Main cells are basal cells – single row of stem cells that reproduce to replace keratinocytes that are shed
- __________ cells – sensitive to touch
- Melanocytes – give skin its __________
- Merkel
- color
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum __________ – made up of 8-10 layers of keratinocytes that migrate from the stratum basale
1. Cells have lost some cytoplasm – look “spiky” when under a microscope, but spines are not present in life
Spinosum
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum Spinosum – made up of 8-10 layers of keratinocytes that migrate from the stratum __________
1. Cells have lost some __________ – look “spiky” when under a microscope, but spines are not present in life
- basale
- cytoplasm
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum __________ – “grainy” layer
- Contains keratinocytes from the stratum spinosum
- Cells are undergoing apoptosis – programmed cell death
- Lamellar granules – found within keratinocytes
a. Release lipid-rich secretion
b. Fills in spaces between cells and provides waterproofing
Granulosum
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum Granulosum – “grainy” layer
- Contains keratinocytes from the stratum spinosum
- Cells are undergoing __________ – programmed cell death
- __________ granules – found within keratinocytes
a. Release lipid-rich secretion
b. Fills in spaces between cells and provides waterproofing
- apoptosis
- Lamellar
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum Granulosum – “grainy” layer
- Contains keratinocytes from the stratum spinosum
- Cells are undergoing apoptosis – programmed cell death
- Lamellar granules – found within keratinocytes
a. Release __________-rich secretion
b. Fills in spaces between cells and provides __________
- lipid
- waterproofing
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum __________
- Only present in thick skin
- Cells are flattened, packed together, and full of keratin
Lucidum
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum Lucidum
- Only present in __________ skin
- Cells are __________, packed together, and full of keratin
- thick
- flattened
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum __________
- Most superficial layer; 20-30 layers of cells
- Made up of dead cells filled with keratin that are tightly connected by desmosomes
- Provides extra protection
Corneum
-5 Layers of the Epidermis-
Stratum Corneum
- Most superficial layer; __________ layers of cells
- Made up of __________ cells filled with keratin that are tightly connected by __________
- Provides extra protection
- 20-30
- dead
- desmosomes
__________ :
-Discharge oil into hair follicles
Sebaceous (oil) glands
Oil is called sebum- 3 functions:
- Inhibits __________ of bacteria
- __________ and protects hair shaft
- __________ skin
- growth
- Lubricates
- Conditions
__________ sweat glands – found in the armpits, around nipples, and in the pubic region
Apocrine
__________ sweat glands –
a. Empty into hair follicles
b. Secretions contain water and salts as well as fatty acids and proteins
c. Controlled by hormones – doesn’t help with body temperature regulation
Apocrine
Apocrine sweat glands –
a. Empty into __________ follicles
b. Secretions contain water and __________ as well as fatty acids and proteins
c. Controlled by __________
- hair
- salts
- hormones
Eccrine sweat glands -
a. Coiled gland, duct goes up to the surface and opens through a __________
b. __________- than apocrine glands, but more __________
c. Sweat is 99% water – also contains salt, antibodies, proteins, and wastes
d. Functions:
i. Body temperature regulation
ii. Excretion of water and electrolytes
iii. Protection from chemicals and microorganisms
- pore
- Smaller
- numerous
Eccrine sweat glands -
a. Coiled gland, duct goes up to the surface and opens through a pore
b. Smaller than apocrine glands, but more numerous
c. Sweat is __% water – also contains salt, antibodies, proteins, and wastes
d. Functions:
i. Body temperature __________
ii. Excretion of water and electrolytes
iii. Protection from __________ and microorganisms
- 99
- regulation
- chemicals
___ degree burns – redness, swelling, and pain (sunburn)
Damages only the __________
- 1st
- epidermis
___ degree burns –redness, swelling, and pain, with blisters
-Damages the epidermis and possibly the __________ part of the dermis
- 2nd
- upper
___ degree burns affect the entire thickness of the skin
- Appears gray or blackened, but it’s not painful because __________ endings have been destroyed
- Skin will __________, but grafts are used because of fluid loss and risk of infections
- 3rd
- nerve
- regenerate