Vocab 1
The study of organs and systems of the body
What is Anatomy?
They are the basic units of living matter
What is a cell?
Its primary function is to keep insides in and outsides out
What is the skin or epidermis?
The upper layer of the dermis
What is the Papillary layer?
For this texture the hair follicle is typically round
What is straight hair?
The study of normal organ function and body systems
What is Physiology?
The control center of the cell
What is the Nucleus?
Another name for the stratum basale
What is the stratum germinativum?
these are inactive until stimulated by puberty
What are the Apocrine glands?
Hair never grows on the
What is palms of the hands, eyelids and soles of the feet
The study of body structures that can be seen with the naked eye
What is Gross Anatomy?
The place where most cell activities take place
What is the cytoplasm?
Another name for the stratum spinosum
What is the Prickle cell layer?
Also called true skin
What is the Dermis?
The average growth rate of human hair per month
What is 1/2" (1.25cm)
The study of how tissues are structured and how they work
What is histology or Microscopic anatomy?
Cell structures found in pairs near the nucleus
What are Centrioles?
These are in the stratum spinosum to help protect the body from infection
What are Langerhans?
The skin is the thinnest here
What is on the eyelids?
this is caused by the reduced color pigment in the cortex layer of the hair
What is gray hair?
The science of the causes and effects of diseases
What is pathology?
a double layer semi permeable membrane that surrounds the cell, keeping the contents together and protecting it.
What is a cell membrane?
Fingerprints are formed by these
What are Epidermal ridges?
Sweat glands, Sebaceous glands, sensory nerve endings, blood and lymphatic vessels, arrector pili muscles and a major portion of each hair follicle is contained in
What is the Reticular layer?
This stage of hair growth can last 2-6 years
What is the anagen stage?