Plasma Membrane
Term used to describe how a PM only allows certain ions in/out
What is semi-permeable?
Phase of cell division when the cell is preparing to divide
What is interphase?
Membrane type that lines the pleural cavities
What is a serous membrane?
This is avascular, four or five layers thick, stratified squamous epithelial tissue
What is the epidermis?
Epidermal layer that is present in thick skin of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
What is the stratum lucidum?
Phospholipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and cholesterol
What are the components of a plasma membrane?
Phase of interphase marked by DNA replication before cell division
What is the S phase?
Gland that is attached to a hair follicle and produces sebum
What is a sebaceous gland?
The primary cell found in the epidermis
What is the keratinocyte?
Type of burn that encompasses the epidermis and dermis.
What is a second degree burn or partial thickness burn?
Plasma membrane proteins that extend through the entire PM and act as channels or transport proteins
What are integral proteins?
What are the three stages of DNA duplication?
Most common mode of glandular secretion; uses a secretory vesicle to release its contents from the cell
What is a merocrine secretion?
The pigment that is primarily responsible for skin and hair color.
Organelle where ribosomes are manufactured
What is the nucleolus?
Diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane
What is osmosis?
Transfer of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA); occurs in the nucleus
Cells that produce myelin in the CNS and PNS
What are oligodendrocytes and schwann cells?
The epidermal cells that play a role in immune function.
What are Langerhans cells?
Type of diffusion that uses a channel to aid in the crossing of large, polar molecules that wouldn't normally be able to cross the PM.
What is facilitated diffusion?
Phagocytosis, exocytosis, movement of substances with vesicles
What are examples of active transport?
The three-nucleotide sequence of an mRNA molecule is used to determine the sequence of...
What are amino acids in a protein?
Increased permeability of blood vessels during the inflammatory response results in this...
What is edema or swelling?
Sudoriferous gland active at puberty and found in the axillae and groin regions.
What is the apocrine gland?
Complementary DNA strand to: ACGGCA
what is TGCCGT