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Skin Flashcards

1
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What are the functions of body membrane?

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Cover surface, line body cavity and form protective sheet

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2
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The first barrier to keep good things like water in, and bad things like harmful bacteria out

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Skin

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3
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Two major groups of body membane

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Epithelial Membrane

Connective Tissue membrane

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4
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Types of epithelial membrane

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Cutaneous, Mucous and Serous Membrane

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5
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Type of Connective Tissue Membrane

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Synovial Membrane

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6
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It is an outer covering that we rely on protection

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skin or cutaneous membrane

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7
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The body membranes are classified accrdg to ______?

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Tissue make up

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8
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It lines all body cavities that open to the exterior

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Mucous membrane

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9
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What are the parts of integument

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Skin, hair, fingernails, oil and sweat glands, body membranes

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10
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Functions of the skin

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Protect the body, regulate body temp., and excrete wastes via sweat

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11
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Generally called the skin

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Cutaneous membrane

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12
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Another name for epithelial membrane

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Covering membrane and/or lining membrane

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13
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What are th 2 layers of cutaneous membrane

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Superficial epidermis and underlying dermis

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14
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Epithelium composition of epidermis

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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15
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Composition of dermis

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Dense (fibrous) connective tissue

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16
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Characteristics of cutaneous membrane

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Exposed to air and dry mucous

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17
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Another word for mucous membrane

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Mucosa

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18
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Where does mucous’ membrane rests

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Loose connective tissue

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19
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What is its specific name?

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Lamina propria

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20
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Hollow oragns

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Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary, Reproductive Organ

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21
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Refers only to the location of epithelial membrane but not the cellular make up

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Mucosa

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22
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Mucous membranes are either what type of epithelium

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Stratified squamous epithelium or simple columnar epithelium

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23
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Where is mucous membrane located?

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Respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive

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24
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Characteristic of mucuos membrane that continually bathed in secretions

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Moist membrane

25
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Functions of the epithelium of mucosae

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Absorption or secretion

26
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It line body cavities that are closed to the exterior

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Serous membrane

27
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The scanty amount of thin, clear fluid that separate serous membrane

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Serous fluid

28
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What layer composed serosa

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Simple squamous epithelium

29
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Serous membrane rests on what tissue

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Areolar connective tissue

30
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It means “wall”

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Parie

31
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Serous membrane occur in pairs, what are they?

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Parietal layer and visceral layer

32
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Lines the specific portion of the wall of the ventral cavity in the serous membrane

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Parietal layer

33
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Covers the outside of the organs in ventral cavity

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Visceral layer

34
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The serosa lining the abdominal cavity

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Peritoneum

35
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The membrane surrounding the lungs

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Pleurae

36
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The membrane surrounding the heart

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Pericardia

37
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It contains no epithelial cells at all

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Synovial membrane

38
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Synovial membrane are composed of what connective tissue?

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Loose areolar connective

39
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It lines the fibrous capsule surrounding joints providing a smooth surface and lubricating fluid.

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Synovial fluid

40
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Line small sacs of connectoive tissue

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Bursae

41
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Tubeliks

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Tendon sheaths

42
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Integument protects the entire body from…

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Chemical damage, mechanical, thermal, ultraviolet radiation, desiccation, and microbes

43
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Produced by skin to protect against bacterial invasion

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Acid mantle

44
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Substances we lost when we sweat

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Urea, salts, and water

45
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How to protect deeper tissues from MECHANICAL DAMAGE

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Keratin (toughen cells)
Fate cells (cushion blows)
Pressure and pain receptors (signal and alert nervous system)

46
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How to protect against CHEMICAL DAMAGE

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Impermeable keratinized cells

Pain receptors

47
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How to protect against MICROBE DAMAGE

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Unbroken surface and acid mantle

Phagocytes ingest foreign substances and pathogens

48
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Protect against ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

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Melanin by melanocytes protect from UV damage

49
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Protect form THERMAL DAMAGE

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Heat/cold/pain receptors

50
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Protect from DESICCATION (drying out)

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Water-resistant glycolipid and keratin

51
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A burn or friction may cause these to separate, allowing interstitial fluid to accumulate in the cavity between layers

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Blisters

52
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Fairly tear resistant

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Dermis

53
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It achored the skin to the underlying organs and provide a site for protein storage

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Subcutaneous tissue or hypodermis

54
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Subcutaneous tissue serves as a _________?

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Shock absorber

55
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It is responsible for the curves that more a part of woman’s anatomy than a man’s.

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Subcutaneous tissue

56
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Most cells in the epidermis are ________ that produces _________

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keratinocytes ; keratin

57
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Fibrous protein that makes the epidermis a tough protective layer in a process called

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Keratinization

58
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5 layers of epidermis

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Stratum basale, spinosum, granulosum, lusidum and corneum

59
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The deepest cell layer of epidermis that lies closest to the dermis and is connected to it along a wavy border that resemble coruggated cardboard

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Stratum basale

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