Integumentary system
This substance is responsible for waterproofing the skin.
Keratin
This term refers to the covering of an individual muscle cell.
Sarcolemma
This condition occurs when muscles or tendons become overstretched or torn.
Strain
This term describes the process of the body producing heat.
Thermogenesis
This structure anchors muscles to bone.
This specific region of the skin is often referred to as the "true skin".
Dermis
These types of muscles are classified as "Type 2" or "white muscle".
Fast twitch muscle fibers
Reactivation of the chickenpox virus causes this acute, localized viral infection.
Shingles
This type of receptor is specifically designed to detect changes in temperature.
Krause corpuscle
This term refers to the tendinous attachment on a bone that is less movable during contraction.
Origin
These cells trigger immune responses within the skin.
Dendrite (dendritic) cells
This classification of muscles assists prime movers by performing the same movement at the same time.
Synergists
This condition is characterized by trigger points and muscular pain.
Myofascial pain syndrome
This part of the brain receives sensations from skin receptors and tracks them back to the area being stimulated.
Postcentral Gyrus
Shin splints are characterized by pain specifically along this part of the lower leg.
Medial tibia
This is another term used to describe the subcutaneous layer.
Hypodermis
A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates is known as this.
Motor Unit
This specific pathology involves patellar tendinitis at the tibial tuberosity in immature bone.
Osgood-Schlatter disease
These are the most numerous type of sweat glands in the human body
Eccrine glands
This area of the finger is the specific site of nail production.
Root
This structure attaches to hair follicles and is responsible for pulling hair upright.
Arrector pili
This phenomenon occurs when a muscle’s origin moves toward its insertion during contraction.
Functional reversibility
This is the inflammation of the tendinous sheath located on the radial side of the wrist.
This encapsulated nerve ending is a receptor for fine touch and vibration.
Meissner corpuscle
Plantar fasciitis is defined as chronic inflammation of the fascia located here.
Bottom of the foot