Slice it & Find it
This anatomical plane divides the body into left and right portions
What is the sagittal plane?
This is the outermost layer of the epidermis
What is the stratum corneum?
The death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply
What is necrosis?
This tissue covers body surfaces and lines organs
What is epithelial tissue?
This is the basic unit of life
What is a cell?
This plane divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
These cells produce melanin
What are melanocytes?
This skin condition is characterized by rapid keratinocyte division and scaly plaques
What is psoriasis?
This tissue type is responsible for support, protection, and storage
What is connective tissue?
This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell
What is the plasma membrane?
This body cavity contains the lungs
What is the pleural cavity?
This layer contains blood vessels, glands, and hair follicles
What is the dermis?
Full-thickness burns that destroy the epidermis and dermis are called these
What are 3rd-degree burns?
A tissue sample shows long, multinucleated cells with visible striations. This tissue type is most likely responsible for voluntary movement.
What is skeletal muscle tissue?
Cells specialize to perform specific functions through this process
What is differentiation?
This membrane-lined cavity surrounds the heart
What is the pericardial cavity?
The hypodermis is primarily composed of this type of tissue
What is adipose tissue?
The body's first line of defense against pathogens
What is the skin (integumentary system)?
A patient suffers damage to tissue that has abundant collagen fibers arranged in many directions and normally provides strength to the dermis. Identify the tissue.
What is dense irregular connective tissue?
This process creates two genetically identical daughter cells
What is mitosis?
A CT scan cuts the body into superior and inferior portions. Which anatomical plane is being viewed?
What is the transverse plane?
This vitamin is produced when the skin is exposed to UV light
What is vitamin D?
These sensory structures are responsible for pain and itch sensations
What are free nerve endings?
A patient with a spinal cord injury has damaged tissue that specializes in generating and transmitting electrical impulses. Which primary tissue type is affected?
What is nervous tissue?
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell."
What is the mitochondria?