Connective Tissue
The main ECM-producing cell of connective tissue proper.
Fibroblast
Ductless glands that release hormones into the interstitial fluid.
Endocrine glands
The two layers that make up skin.
Epidermis and dermis
The cells in the stratum basale that produce melanin.
Melanocytes
The two main components of the extracellular matrix.
Fibers and ground substance
A goblet cell is this type of gland, unusual because it has no duct
Unicellular exocrine gland
The epidermal layer with mitotically active keratinocytes anchored by hemidesmosomes.
Stratum basale
This gland produces sebum and usually opens into a hair follicle.
Sebaceous gland
Parallel, tightly packed type I collagen that resists tension in one direction, found in tendons and ligaments.
Dense regular connective tissue
The secretion mode in which the entire cell dies and disintegrates; used by sebaceous glands.
Holocrine secretion
In the brick-and-mortar model, name the bricks and the mortar.
Bricks = corneocytes; mortar = intercellular lipid matrix released by lamellar bodies
The growth zone of the nail, comparable to the stratum basale of the epidermis.
Nail matrix
Made of type III collagen; branches into mesh-like scaffolds in lymph nodes, spleen, and bone marrow.
Reticular fibers
This membrane lines freely movable joint cavities and is the exception, it has no epithelial layer.
Synovial membrane
Name the tissue in the papillary dermis and the tissue in the reticular dermis.
Papillary = areolar (loose) connective tissue; reticular = dense irregular connective tissue
The three main stages of the hair cycle, in order.
Anagen (growth) → catagen (regression) → telogen (resting)