Homeostasis and Biomolecules
This is the universal solvent.
What is water?
This structure is a biphospholipid layer that surrounds a cell.
What is the plasma membrane?
This is a complex, non-living material between cells in a tissue.
What is the extracellular matrix?
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
This is the main shaft of a long bone.
What is the diaphysis?
The head, vertebral column, and thorax make up this skeleton.
What is the axial skeleton?
This structure contains the hereditary molecules.
What is the nucleus?
This is a malignant tumor that arises from epithelial tissue.
What is a carcinoma?
A shortened turnover time increases the thickness of the stratum corneum and results in this.
What is a callus?
The skull is an example of this type of bone.
What is a flat bone?
These subatomic particles carry a charge.
The process of passive transport of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
The general functions of this tissue include; connection, support, transport, and protection.
What is connective tissue?
The body's integrator for temperature control.
What is the hypothalamus?
This hormone inhibits osteoclast activity.
What is calcitonin?
This is the hollow part of an organ or body structure.
What is the lumen?
This type of cell connection has fibers on the outside surface that interlock with each other and surround the entire cell.
What is a belt desmosome?
Another name for blood-forming tissue.
What is hematopoietic tissue?
This burn involves the deep epidermal layers and upper layers of the dermis which often involves blisters, severe pain, edema, and generalized swelling.
What is a second degree burn?
A blood clot occuring immediately after a fracture.
What is a fracture hematoma?
This is where the body's thermostat is located.
What is the hypothalamus?
In this phase of mitosis, chromosomes form and the centriole pairs move to opposite poles of the cell.
What is prophase?
When released, the secretion products of this gland cause rupture and death of the cell.
What is a holocrine gland?
Branched antigen-presenting cells that play a role in immune response.
What is an epidermal dendritic cell?
This bone developmental process has a primary and secondary ossification center.
What is endochondral ossification?