Name that skin function!
This contains collagen and yellow elastic fibers
What is dermis?
These organelles appear as flattened sacs and chemically process molecules
What is golgi apparatus?
This type of membrane is composed of only one kind of tissue
What is synovial membrane?
Neurons are this type of tissue
What is nervous tissue?
This type of skin cancer is a slow-growing malignant tumor of the epidermis
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
These facts are both true of what structure
- prevents excessive fluid loss
- fills cells of the stratum corneum
What is keratin?
This structure covers the inner surface of hollow organs & anchors organs to each other
What is cell membrane?
The skin is an example of what type of membrane
What is cutaneous membrane?
This type of tissue makes up glands
What is epithelial tissue?
This is a crescent-shaped white area of the nail
What is lunula?
What is epidermis?
This acts as an "identification tag" for the cell
What is cell membrane?
This process uses hydrostatic pressure to move water and solutes through a membrane
What is filtration?
What type of tissue is pseudostratified tissue
What is epithelial tissue?
This type of tissue makes up cardiac tissue
What is muscle tissue?
Protection, temperature regulation, & sense organ for the body is all functions of the _____
What is skin?
This structure in the cell that controls most of the activities is
What is nucleus?
stratified squamous epithelium or simple columnar epithelium both compose
What are mucous membranes?
This tissue is subdivided according to the shape and the arrangement of cells
What is epithelial tissue?
This is a receptor in skin that detects pressure
What is lamellar corpuscle?
These pumps are made of protein & can be found in the plasma membrane
What is ion pumps?
This organelle is also known as the “digestive bag" of the cell
What is lysosomes?
This organelle is known as the "power plant" of the cell
What is mitochondria?
The dermis is made up of this type of tissue
What is connective tissue?
Going from superficial to deep, the layers of the skin would be
(HINT: there are 4 layers)
What is stratum corneum, stratum germinativum, papillary layer, reticular layer?