Skintimate
A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order?
corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale
Name the two major layers of the dermis
Reticular layer, Papillary layer
This gland produces earwax.
Ceruminous gland
Yellow bone marrow contains a large percentage of ________.
Fat
_____ is the process of bone formation.
Ossification (Osteogenesis)
Which structure most directly provides nutrients and removes wastes from osteocytes in compact bone.
Canaliculi
This epidermal cell helps to activate the immune system.
dendritic cells
The reason the hypodermis acts as a shock absorber is that the major part of its makeup is _____.
adipose
The major regions of a hair shaft include these three layers.
Medulla, cortex, cuticle
The cell responsible for secreting the matrix of bone is the ________.
osteoblast
The process of bones increasing in thickness is known as ________.
appositional growth
This layer is responsible for cell division and replacement.
stratum basale
This dermal layer is made up mostly of areolar CT
papillary layer
Sudoriferous glands are categorized as two distinct types. What are those types?
eccrine, apocrine sweat glands
This _____ is the structural unit of compact bone.
Osteon.
This structure allows the diaphysis of the bone to increase in length until early childhood.
epiphyseal plate
Prolonged exposure to the sun induces the dispersion of this which in turn acts as a natural sunscreen.
melanin
Friction ridges are the result of these.
Dermal papillae laying on top of dermal ridges
Hair pigments are made by ____ in hair follicles.
Melanocytes
Which hormone increases osteoclast activity to release more calcium ions into the bloodstream?
PTH, parathyroid hormone
Ossification of the ends of long bones is produced by _____ ossification centers.
secondary
One function of the skin is that it converts modified epidermal cholesterol into a _____ precursor important to calcium metabolism.
vitamin D
This touch receptor is found in dermal papillae
Meissner’s corpuscles/tactile corpuscles
_____: nail fold that projects onto surface of nail body
Eponychium/cuticle
What is a bone marking name that indicates an armlike bar of bone?
Ramus
This tissue forms the model for endochondrial ossification.
Cartilage