Tissues and Cells
What are the four types of tissues that make up the human body?
Epithelial, Connective, Muscular, Nervous
______ is tissue growth by cell multiplication
hyperplasia
What is the protein found in blood that turns our skin red?
hemoglobin
These types of stem cells give rise to osteoblasts
osteogenic cells
How do we name joints?
After the adjoining bones
What type of gland does not have ducts?
Endocrine
What type of membrane do we find in our digestive, reproductive, urinary, and respiratory tracts?
Mucous membranes
What are the two layers of the dermis?
Papillary layer and reticular layer
Bones such as the scapula and pelvis undergo _______ ossification
endochondral
what type of joint are our sutures in the skull?
Fibrous Joint (synarthrosis)
What type of cell junction holds cells together while still allowing fluid and small particles to slip between them?
Desmosomes
What is programmed cell death called?
Apoptosis
What type of epidermal cell functions to protect us from UV rays?
Melanocytes
What type of tissue does intramembranous ossification start with?
Mesenchyme
What type of arthritis is due to the "wear and tear" on articular cartilages?
osteoarthritis
What is the protein that makes up gap junctions?
Connexons
What type of stem cell can develop into any kind of embryonic or adult stem cells EXCEPT extraembryonic cells?
Pluripotent
What layer of the epidermis is only found in thick skin?
Stratum Lucidum
In response to a drop in blood calcium, what type of bone cell would we want to activate?
Osteoclast
What axis of rotation is a ball-and-socket joint?
multiaxial
What type of secretion secretes substances through budding?
Apocrine
What type of tissue repair replaces dead or damaged tissues with scar tissue?
Fibrosis
Where in the epidermis do we find our stem cells?
Stratum Basale
What type of hormone stimulates osteoblast activity? What does this do to our blood calcium?
Calcitonin to lower blood calcium
What type of synovial joint is our knee joint?
Hinge