Skin 1
a small gland in the dermis that secretes sweat
What is the sweat gland?
tiny holes in the skin
What are pores?
the termination of a nerve, at the distal end of an axon
What is a nerve ending?
Sally: "Oh, don't worry about that hungry leopard, Susie. It's just a man-eater."
What is Equivocation?
Zoe: "Why should I listen to Malachi telling me about his idea for how to get Lord of the Rings in time? He's younger than me!"
What is Ad Hominem?
connective tissue cells that are specialized in the synthesis (manufacture) and storage of fat
What are fat cells?
a sheath of cells and connective tissue which surrounds the root of a hair
What is a hair follicle?
A fallacy in which what is true of a part is claimed to be necessarily true of the whole
What is the part-to-whole fallacy?
Do you really believe there is a God? You know the Bible outlaws seafood and cotton-polyester blends and condones genocide, right?
What is a Red Herring?
Meara: "Malachi, stop stealing strawberries before we pray!"
Malachi: "Aren't you doing it too?"
What is Tu Quoque?
also known as the hypodermis or superficial fascia, it is the layer of tissue that underlies the skin
What is the subcutaneous tissue?
the thick layer of living tissue below the epidermis which forms the true skin, containing blood capillaries, nerve endings, sweat glands, hair follicles, and other structures
What is the dermis?
A fallacy in which what is true of the whole is claimed to be necessarily true of each of its parts
What is the whole-to-part fallacy?
Of course Thomas Jefferson's ideas on the separation of church and state are wrong. He was one of the biggest slave-owners in Virginia.
What is Genetic Fallacy?
Micaiah isn't supposed to get on the computer until his cello is done, but he has extra time from yesterday so it's okay.
What is Special Pleading?
the outermost of the three layers that make up the skin
What is the epidermis?
the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin
What is hair?
A fallacy in which it is claimed that there are only two choices when there are alternatives
What is the either-or fallacy?
O'Nalley: "Oh, I know gambling is bad. But I don't go to casinos, I just buy a few lottery tickets a week."
What is Special Pleading?
Ernie: "Wow! There's a mug with Piggy Back Slayer's picture on it! It must be quality!"
What is Transfer?
any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
What is a capillary?
a tiny muscle attached to the base of a hair follicle at one end and to dermal tissue on the other end, it generates heat when the body is cold by contracting and causing the hair to "stand up straight" on the skin
What is the arrector pili muscle?
A fallacy in which an argument is dismissed because of where it began, how it began, or who began it
What is the Genetic Fallacy?
Your casual dismissal of donut cuisine leads me to believe that you, in addition to being ignorant of donutrition, are a bounder and a cad
What is Ad Hominem?
Malachi: "I left it there twenty minutes ago and I was going to use it again."
What is Special Pleading?