What are the accessory organs of the integumentary system?
Hair
Glands (exocrine and apocrine glands)
Nails
The 3 functions of the skeletal system are
1. Support
2. Protection
3. Hematopoiesis
What are fingerprints caused by?
The extra cells cause the skin to buckle and fold into ridges. As the fingers grow, new ridges and branches form
What is 1?
Epidermis
Define Melanocyte
produce the pigment
melanin that protects against damage by
ultraviolet radiation
The two divisons of the skeletal system are
Axial and Appendicular
What is the difference between a male and female pelvis?
Angle
Width
What is 4?
Hair follicle
5 is a pili erector muscle
This vitamin is synthesized by the skin?
Vitamin D
Name the 5 types of bones?
flat, long, short, irregular, and sesamoid.
What happens to the amount of Keratin as skin cells age and get closer to the surface?
It increases
What disease is shown in this image?
Osteoporosis
What are the 2 layers of the skin?
Epidermis and Dermis (Bonus for knowing subcutaneous is under both)
The type of cell that creates new bone
Osteoblasts
How can we determine age of a skeleton by looking at the skull?
Ridges do not completly fuse until after 35 years of age.
What causes the following disease
Albinism - lack of melanocytes and melanin production
Skin is made up of what type of cells?
Epithelial
The tye of cell that breaks down bone
Osteoclasts
Name 3 ways we can determine the differences between a male and female skill.
1. Brow Prominence
2. Acute angle under mandible in males
3. Developed ridge in temporal region in males (neck muscle attachment)
4. More pronounced mastoid process in males
What is bone 6?
6. Femur