Skin And Membranes Flashcards

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Name some serious serous membrane problems

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Build up of serous fluid
Can compress blood vessels and nerves and restrict organ movement
Causes lower back pain, heartburn and indigestion.

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Name three types of serous membranes

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Pleura: lines the pleural cavities and covers lungs

Peritoneum: lines peritoneal cavity and covers the organ surfaces

Pericardium: lines the pericardial cavity and covers the hearrt❤️❤️❤️

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A _________ membrane is skin that covers the external body surface

Stratified, squamous epithelium with a layer of areolar tissue below, supported by dense, irregular connective tissue.

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Cutaneous

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What membrane produces synovial fluid which lubricates the articulating surfaces and moves into the cartilage providing oxygen and nutrients

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Synovial membrane aha

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What are the two major components of the integumentary system?

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Cutaneous membrane and accessory structures.

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_______ cells: the germinative cells which undergo mitosis to replace the continual loss of upper layer cells

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Basal!

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What is the most common epithelial cell?

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Keratinocytes are filled with keratin protein; flatten and die as they profess outwards. Outermost layer is 15-30 layers of dead keratinocytes tightly connected by desmosomes.

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What are the pigment producing cells in the basal layer?

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Melanocytes.

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What are two types of sweat glands?

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Apocrine: pubic and axillary regions and around nipples.
Through hair follicles
Merocrine: secrete onto skin surface

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What glands secrete oilyness??

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Sebaceous

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Name three basic sensory receptors in the skin

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Thermoreceptors (

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