Ch 5
What gives skin elasticity?
What is collagen
area of thickened skin caused by pressure
what is a corn or callus
The nervous system consists of what organs?
What is the brain, spinal cord and nerves
This hormone stimulates the grown of long bones and muscles in children and teens
What is growth hormone (GH)
What does neuralgia mean?
What is nerve pain
What is the iris
Where are mucous membranes found?
What is lining cavities that are open to the outside such as the mouth
also known as a boil, a painful pus-filled nodule that forms under the skin is called a
What is a furuncle
The nervous system is divided into what two systems?
What is the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system
This hormone stimulates development of ova through ovulation in females and the seminiferous tubules to produce sperm in males
What is follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
What is the space between the lungs called?
What is the mediastinum
The Snellen eye chart is used to assess what?
What is distance visual acuity (DVA)
What structure lines the thoracic cavity and covers the diaphragm and mediastinum?
What is the parietal pleura
What is a vascular tumor called?
What is a hemangioma
The PNS is divided into what 2 systems?
The autonomic and somatic systems
This hormone stimulates breast tissue development and mild production in females
What is prolactin
What gives skin it's color?
Where are the auditory ossicles located?
What is the middle ear.
What are the 3 epithelial membranes?
mucous, serous, cutaneous
Excessive hair growth in women is known as
What is hirsutism
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
what is 12 pairs
Insulin is secreted by which cells in the pancreas?
What are beta islet cells.
fine, soft hair on neonates?
What is lanugo
The cochlea contains what structure?
What is the organ of Corti
What structure covers the lungs and adjoining structures?
What is the visceral pleura
Also called a birth mark
What is a nevus or nevi
How many pairs if spinal nerves are there?
what is 31 pairs
Which hormone do the epsilon islet cells of the pancreas secrete?
What is Ghrelin
What disease is occurs from adrenal gland (cortex) hypersecretion of cortisol?
What is Cushing disease
Define prebycusis.
What is age-related hearing loss
What is the tough, waterproof protein found in skin called?
What is keratin
An inherited disorder that causes the loss of melanocytes which produces white patches of skin is called
What is vitiligo
the cerebrum is divided into what?
what is 2 hemispheres, right and left
What is an enlarged thyroid called?
What is a goiter
What does the cranial nerve III oculomotor control?
What is sensory and motor function: eye movement, pupil constriction and accommodation
Name the auditory ossicles
What is : malleus, incus, and stapes
What is the medical term for an oil gland?
What is sebaceous glands
a crack in the skin
What is a fissure
Which lobe of the brain is responsible for handling images from the eyes and connecting the information with stored image memories?
What is the occipital lobe
Acromegaly is a condition of excessive GH _____ puberty
What is AFTER puberty
Diagnostic procedure that records the electrical activity of the brain is called?
What is the electroencephalogram/EEG
What structure funnels and concentrates sound waves to vibrate the tympanic membrane?
What is the pinna.
What are the two types of sudoriferous glands?
What are eccrine and apocrine glands
What is a blister greater that 0.5 cm?
What is a bulla
Which part of our brain is responsible for coordinating equilibrium, posture, and muscle coordination?
What is the cerebellum
Diabetes insipidus would be treated with what medication classification?
What is hormone replacement (vasopressin)
The alternate name for sensory nerves is
What is afferent nerves
What structure divides the outer and middle ear?
What is the tympanic membrane
What is the procedure where there is lancing or cutting along with draining to remove infection?
What is incision and drainage
What is a type or plaque resulting in transient edema in dermis?
What is a wheal
What does the term paresthesia mean?
What is feelings of prickling, burning, or numbness
Addison disease is caused by _________ of cortisol?
What is hyposecretion or insufficiency
What is the medical terminology for a stroke?
What is a cerebrovascular accident or CVA
List the structures that make up the outer layer of the eye.
What are sclera and the cornea
What is the procedure where tissue is cut and removed?
what is debridement
a loss of some portion of the skin?
What is atrophy
The cranial nerve II optic controls what?
What is vision
What are the hormones produced by the anterior lobe of pituitary gland?
What are ACTH, FSH, GH, LH, PRL and TSH
Which hormone stimulates the stored glycogen in liver to be converted to glucose?
What is glucagon
List the special senses
What are sight, hearing, taste, smell and equilibrium