Integumentary System
Barrier, Absorption, Elimination, Temperature Regulation and Sensation.
What are five functions of the integumentary system?
This skeleton includes the bones of the head, vertebrae, ribs, and sternum.
What is the axial skeleton?
This connective tissue outlines the shape of a muscle, organizes the muscle into smaller compartments, supports blood vessels and nerves, and creates scar tissue.
What is fascia?
This system is contained within bony cavities and is the source of all higher functions, including the command and control center for the body.
What is the central nervous system?
This gland's secretions are released externally through ducts into the skin, intestinal lumen, mouth etc.
What are exocrine glands?
This layer of skin serves as a barrier between the body and the environment, protecting against abrasions, and wear and tear.
What is the epidermis?
What are five functions of the skeletal system?
This type of muscle fiber is red, has the highest endurance, and the least amount of strength.
What are slow twitch muscle fibers?
This includes myelinated axons and dendrites, often referred to as "wiring."
What is white matter?
This gland is located in the middle of the brain at the back of the third ventricle, and it responsible for the production of melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
These glands are attached to hair follicles and secrete an oily and acidic fluid that waterproofs hair and skin.
What are sebaceous glands?
This is found on the diaphysis of a bone and acts as the "skin"
What is the periosteum?
This type of muscle contraction is when the muscle lengthens while contracting.
What is an eccentric muscle contraction?
These receive information and direct it to the cell body.
What are dendrites?
This gland is located at the throat below the larynx and stimulates the body's metabolism.
What is the thyroid gland?
This layer of skin's function include warmth, cushioning, and energy storage, and contains collagen, elastin, and adipose.
What is the subcutaneous layer?
This type of cartilage is a hyaline cartilage found between the ribs and the sternum.
What is costal cartilage?
This fibrous band of fascia passes over or under tendons and helps to keep them in place.
What are retinaculum?
These neurons have long axons that send commands from the CNS to the periphery (muscles and glands).
What are motor neurons?
This hormone is derived from cholesterol and is fat-soluble. It crosses the membrane to bind to a receptor in the cytoplasm.
What is a steroid hormone?
When the epidermis, dermis and hair glands are destroyed, it is classified as this type of burn.
What is a third degree burn?
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
The action of muscle wasting away after prolonged underuse, eventually being replaced by scar tissue and adipose.
What is atrophy?
This insulating sheath surrounds nerves and nerve tracts, improving the efficiency of transmission.
What is myelin?
This gland is part of the sympathetic nervous system and helps create emergency response to acute stress (fight or flight).
What is the adrenal medulla?