Skin Deep
What is another term for the subcutaneous layer?
Hypodermis
Called the tactile corpuscle?
Meissner corpuscle
Means an excessive amount of deoxygenated blood?
Hypoxemia
Which of the hamstring muscles facilitates the movement of the medial meniscus during knee flexion and helps to prevent impingement of the medial meniscus between the femur and tibia?
Semimembranosus
What are the attachments of the gluteus medius?
External ilium to the greater trochanter of the femur
What seeks to protect skin from UV light?
Melanin
Receptors respond to crude and deep pressure, vibration, and stretch and perceive proprioceptive information regarding joint position?
Pacinian corpuscles
Which stratum generates all the other layers?
Germinativum
What are the attachments of the hamstring group?
Ischial tuberosity and the linea aspera to the proximal tibia and fibula
What are the attachments of the gluteus minimus?
External ilium to the greater trochanter of the femur
UV rays in sunlight convert a precursor molecule in the skin into what vitamin?
Vitamin D
Causes irritation of the hair follicle?
Pulling of the hair, allergic reaction to lubricant, not using enough lubricant (dry scalp).
Pouchlike structures in the dermis from which hair grows?
Follicles
What muscle can be palpated in the anteromedial thigh, just proximal to the patella while the client extends the leg at the knee joint?
Vastus medialis
What muscle is best palpated by placing your palpating finger pads lateral to the sacrum with the resistance hand on the distal portion of the posterior thigh as the client laterally rotates the thigh at the hip joint and then extends the laterally rotated thigh?
Gluteus maximus
A genetic condition in which the individual cannot produce melanin?
Albinism
Sweat glands found in the axilla, the anogenital region, and the areola of the breast?
Apocrine
What layer contains blood vessels, nerve receptors, hair follicles, and skin glands?
Dermis
What muscle can be palpated in the anterolateral thigh, just proximal to the patella while the client extends the leg at the knee joint?
Vastus lateralis
What muscle of the hamstring group attaches to the medial meniscus of the knee joint?
Semimembranosus
Partial or total loss of skin pigmentation that occurs in patches is known as:
Vitiligo
What pulls hairs upright?
Arrector pili
What movement of the thigh at the hip joint by the gluteal muscles acts to prevent excessive pronation of the foot?
Lateral rotation
Tightness in which of the quadriceps femoris muscles is commonly attributed to pain in the ITB?
Vastus lateralis
When standing, what movement of the thigh at the hip joint by the gluteal muscles acts to prevent excessive pronation of the foot?
Lateral rotation