Integumentary System
The functions of the integumentary system
What are: Protection, Mineral Storage, Blood Cell Formation, Fat Storage, Movement, Support, Maintaining Body Temperature?
The four types of tissues
What are epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous tissue?
Tissue that may not heal as quickly because it is not highly vascularized
What is epithelial tissue?
Outer edge of long bones
What is an epiphysis?
Tissue found in the upper respiratory tract, with cilia to push pollutants away from the lungs
What is pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium?
The layers of the dermis
What are the papillary layer and reticular layer?
The tissue found beneath all epithelial tissues
What is loose (areolar) connective tissue?
The process in which dead or damaged cells are replaced with new cells of the same tissue type
Cavity inside of bone
A cell involved in breaking down bone
What is an osteoclast?
Layers of the epidermis starting with the external layer
What is:
1. Stratum Corneum
2. Stratum Lucidum
3. Stratum Granulosum
4. Stratum Spinosum
5. Stratum Basale
Where fibrocartilage is found and what its function is
Where is invertebral discs and meniscus in the knees, and resisting compression?
The two types of cells that develop scar tissue instead of regenerating
What is cardiac muscle and neural tissue?
Components of bone matrix
Collagen fibers, hydroxyapatite crystals, calcium phosphate
Type of gland that ruptures to secrete products
What is a holocrine gland?
Muscle that erects hair follicles
What are arrector pili muscles?
Tissue type found in lower digestive tract, that is involved in absorption and secretion
What is simple columnar epithelium?
The order of repairing bone
What is:
1. Hematoma
2. Fibrinocartilaginous callus formation
3. Bony callus formation
4. Remodeling
Zones of endochondral ossification (Know Order)
What are:
1. Zone of Reserve Cartilage
2. Zone of Proliferation
3. Zone of Hypertrophy and Maturation
4. Zone of Calcification
5. Zone of Ossification
Function of melanin
What is protecting the keratinocyte from UV radiation?
Cells of the epidermis that respond to light touch
What are Merkel Cells?
Thicker tissue that is found in the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus
What is non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium?
Steps for regeneration of skin
What is:
1. Bleeding & Inflammation
2. Vascular Connective Tissue (Granulation Tissue) Forms
3. Fibrosed Area Matures
4. Scab Forms
Freely moveable joints
What are diarthoses?
The steps to convert Vitamin D
What are:
1. After sunlight reaches the skin, cholecalciferol
2. In the liver, it transforms into calcidiol
3. In the kidneys, it transforms into calcitriol