Skeletal and Integumentary system Flashcards
Which of the following is a consequence of a congenital absence of eccrine glands?
inability to regulate body temperature
Which of the following substances makes the skin water resistance?
Keratin
Ceruminous gland and Mammary gland
Types of modified sweat glands:
Mammary glands: Secrete milk
Ceruminous glands: Secrete ear wax (cerumen)
What is the result of the contraction of the arrector pili muscle?
When the arrector pili muscles contract, they cause the hair to stand up on end.
Which of the following has the poorest prognosis (expected outcome)?
melanoma
Following parts belong to the hip bone?
Ilium
The substance is produced by the skin and is necessary for the absorption of calcium from the digestive tract?
Vitamin D
Which of the following muscles is described as striated and involuntary?
Cardiac
What is the name of the cord of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone?
Tendon
Joey has had his leg in a non eight bearing cast for 8 weeks. When the cast is remove, the diameter of the leg appears smaller than the uninjured leg. Which term best describes this observation?
Disuse atrophy
nitrogen producing waste products created by the liver and excreted by the kidney?
Urea
trigylcerides are:
Triglycerides are a type of fat (lipid) found in your blood
Triglycerides are made of a glycerol molecule bound to three fatty acids
break down of _____ is the breakdown of glycolysis
Glucose
building blocks of lipids
Glycerol and fatty acids are the basic building blocks of fats (lipids)
building blocks of proteins
amino acids