Thermoregulation
The type of feedback used to regulate body temperature
What is negative feedback?
The cells that release heparin and prostoglandins
What are mast cells?
Lateral is to medial as superficial is to _______
What is deep?
The term used to describe multi-layered epithelium
What is stratified?
The cell junction that allows the epidermis & dermal layers to connect
What are hemi-desmosomes?
A blood vessel's response to cold temperature
What is vasoconstriction?
During regeneration, this layer of the epidermis starts the process of renewing kerotinocytes
What is stratum basale?
A vertical slice through the centre of the body
What is mid-sagittal?
What is transitional epithelium?
The release of hormones through the bloodstream to send signals to further away cells
What is endocrine signalling?
These are what cause hairs to stand or lie on the surface of the skin
What are arrector pili muscles?
When the skin is broken due to injury, this antigen-presenting cell acts as a first line of defense
What are Langerhans Cells?
Beheading someone with the use of a guillotine is a cut through the body to create this plane
What is transverse?
This cell shape lines the inner surface of the heart and blood vessels
What is simple squamous?
This dendritic epidermal cell produces melanin and exocytotes it into specialized skin cells
What is a melanocyte?
The most abundant type of sudoriferous gland found in the body
What are merocrine sweat glands?
This stage of injury response may or may not occur, as it depends on the severity of the injury
What is fibrosis?
The directional term is inferior to the cranial when in reference to the trunk
What is caudal?
This cell shape is characteristic of neurons, melanocytes, and Langerhans Cells
What is dendritic?
The protein found in adherens junctions
What is cadherin?
The sensory receptors that detect changes in temperature within the epidermis
What are free nerve endings?
Due to prolonged contact/pressure that begins to reach into the dermis, local cells and substances will begin to regenerate the broken tissue caused by this injury
An example of the injury of someone who burns both their left arm and left leg
What is ipsilateral?
The transition from normal cell shape to a less regular shape.
What is metaplasia?
To create the stratified squamous surface of the skin, kerotinocytes form this cell junction
What are tight junctions?