CH4
This type of connective tissue forms tendons and ligaments.
What is dense regular connective tissue?
These sweat glands are responsible for thermoregulation and are found throughout the body.
What are eccrine glands?
This law states that bone adapts to the stresses placed upon it.
What is Wolff’s Law?
Which blood protein contributes a pinkish skin tone when oxygenated?
Hemoglobin
This type of ossification forms most long bones.
What is endochondral ossification?
When regeneration is impossible, this type of tissue replaces the damaged area.
What is scar tissue (fibrosis)?
Keratinization begins in this layer.
What is the stratum granulosum?
This canal runs through the center of an osteon and contains blood vessels and nerves.
What is the central (Haversian) canal?
This process restores normal tissue structure and function.
What is regeneration?
This process forms bone directly from mesenchymal tissue.
What is intramembranous ossification?
This part of the neuron receives incoming signals.
What are dendrites?
This layer of the dermis is composed primarily of dense irregular connective tissue.
What is the reticular layer?
The first stage of fracture healing.
What is hematoma formation?
These raised skin ridges improve grip and form fingerprints.
What are friction ridges?
The three phases of tissue repair in order.
What are inflammation, organization, and regeneration (or fibrosis)?
This temporary repair tissue contains fibroblasts and new blood vessels.
What is granulation tissue?
These glands are modified sweat glands located in the external auditory canal.
What are ceruminous glands?
This type of disorder is caused primarily by wear and tear of articular cartilage.
What is osteoarthritis?
What hormone raises blood calcium levels by stimulating osteoclast activity?
Parathyroid hormone (PTH).
This skin cancer originates from keratinocytes of the stratum spinosum.
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
Why does cartilage heal more slowly than bone?
Because cartilage is avascular and receives nutrients by diffusion.
Redness of the skin often results from increased blood flow, a condition known as this.
What is erythema?
A deficiency of this hormone can decrease activity at the epiphyseal plates.
What is growth hormone?
Put the stages of fracture healing in order.
Hematoma → Fibrocartilaginous Callus → Bony Callus → Remodeling
Why does weight-bearing exercise help prevent osteoporosis?
Increased mechanical stress stimulates osteoblast activity according to Wolff’s Law.