Online Anatomy Lab Flashcards
What are the accesory structures of the skin?
Sebaceous gland Sweat gland hair follicle epidermis pacinan corpuscle blood vessels sensory nerves arrector pilli muscle dermis hypodermis
What is the tissue type for sebaceous and sweat gland?
Glandular epithelia
What is the shape of the sebaceous and sweat gland and digestive glands?
Simple cuboidal or columnar
What are the two types of sweat gland?
Apocrine
Merocine
What is the mode of secretion for merocrine gland?
secretion via exocytosis
What is the mode of secretion for apocrine gland?
tip of cell is shed as they accumulate in the apex of cell then breaks off
What are the 4 main parts of the urinary system?
Adrenal gland (Suprarenal gland) Kidney Pelvis Ureter Bladder
What is the role of the skeletal system in relation to the urinary system?
Protection
bones of ribs protect kidney from trauma
What is the relationship between the urinary system and the reproductive system?
Women have 2 different systems - one for birth and other for urine
Male have 1- as the urethra transports both urine and seminal fluid
What is the urinary system responsible for?
the excretion of unwanted waste in our body as urine
Which organ system are the adrenal glands a part of?
Endocrine
What are one of the hormones the adrenal glands release?
androgens which are then converted to testosterone and estrogens by the gonards
Define homeostasis
the ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment to a changing external environment
What methods does the body use to maintain homeostasis?
Oxygen levels
Temperature
Salinity - the amount of salt dissolved in body water
Ion concentration
Describe the 4 process of negative feedback
stimulus
receptor
control centre -hypothalamus
effector
What is the response of negative feedback?
the results of the response counteract the initial action to bring the body back to balance
What is an example of negative feedback
Thermal regulation
Explain the process of negative feedback in thermal regulation
Increase in body temp in skin via stimulus detected
Receptors- Peripheral thermoreceptors
Hypothalamus- information travels to
Effector- blood vessels increase in vasodialation to increase heat loss, sweat glans : increase in water evaporation.
Overall decreasing body temp
What is an example of positive feedback?
Lactation
Explain the process of positive feedback in lactation
Stimulus- mechanical stimulation of nipple by a suckling child
Receptor- impulses are sent
Hypothalamus - where the impulses are sent to
Posterior pituitary- releases oxytocin
Effector (Oxytocin)- stimulates cells surrounding the milk- producing glands of the breast
Cells contract- milk ejects
Why is lactation positive feedback
as the milk production then reinforces the original stimulus (in a cycle) and accelerates the response.