Histology
The basic structural and functional unit of all tissues
What is a cell?
The outermost layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
The two main divisions of the skeleton
What are axial and appendicular?
The basic contractile unit of a muscle fiber
What is a sarcomere?
Medical term for a broken bone
What is a fracture?
The type of tissue that makes up skin
What is epithelial tissue?
The pigment that gives skin its color
What is melanin?
The part of the axial skeleton that protects the spinal cord
What is the vertebral column/spine?
The cell membrane of a muscle fiber
What is the sarcolemma?
Skin disease for which the major form of protection is limiting sun exposure
Skin cancer
The type of tissue that makes up bones
What is connective tissue?
The layer of skin that contains blood vessels and nerve endings
What is the dermis?
The smooth tissue that covers the ends of bones to reduce friction at the joints
What is articular cartilage?
The specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum in muscle cells
What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Symptoms include dry, cracked skin; itchiness; rash; and small, raised bumps
What is eczema?
The type of muscle that is voluntary and striated
What is skeletal muscle?
The protein that makes the skin tough and waterproof
What is keratin?
The shaft of a long bone
What is the diaphysis?
The molecule that allows the myosin head to detach from actin and reset for the next contraction
What is ATP?
Condition causing blue to gray skin pigmentation
What is argyria?
Type of tissue with readily dividing cells
Epithelial tissue
The type of gland associated with helping regulate body temperature
The bone that forms the forehead and upper part of the eye sockets?
What is the frontal bone?
During muscle contraction, this binds to troponin to move tropomyosin and expose the binding sites on actin.
Calcium ions
Genetic bone disease for which there is no cure, causing frequent fractures from very little trauma, and blue sclera