Homeostasis
What is homeostasis?
This system as a whole acts as a protective barrier and is the main organ responsible for thermoregulation.
What is the integumentary system?
What is the epidermis?
What is the hypodermis?
What is adipocytes?
The most ideal, stable level for things to maintain, like temperature or blood sugar.
What is set point?
What is gap junction?
The name of the layer of epidermis only found in thick skin?
What is stratum lucidum?
Organelles found on the rough endoplasmic reticulum.
What is ribosomes?
Skin cells only produced in the basale layer of the epidermis.
What is keratinocytes?
Usually results when an organism fails to maintain homeostasis.
What is an organism becomes ill or may die?
This cell's function is to release cytokines.
What is the mast cell?
The hypodermis houses this type of tissue.
What is adipose tissue?
The pancreas is located in this organ system.
What is the digestive system?
Produce melanin from tyrosine in melanosomes.
What is melanocytes?
Type of feedback that increases the change or output; the result of a reaction is amplified to make it occur more quickly.
What is positive feedback?
Which type of organelle takes care of the steps of processing and trafficking?
What is the golgi apparatus?
What is the areolar located in the papillary, and dense irregular located in the reticular?
Two locations of the body where thick skin is found.
What are palms and soles of feet?
Circulate through the lymph tissue in the body, responding to injury.
What is lymphocytes?
Sends signals to the effector or target to fix/bring things back to normal.
What is the control center?
This structure tells the body to react and return to homeostasis.
What is the control center?
Three cells found in the epidermis.
What are keratinocytes, langerhans cells, and melanocytes?
Type of tissue most likely to be found in the liver, kidney, and spleen.
What is reticular tissue?
Maintain and repair the physical structure of the nervous tissue while providing nutrients to neurons.
What is neuroglia?