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Weeks 7-13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Turgor | Loss of skin resiliency or pressure—often described as a loss of turgor—is a sign of dehydration |
| renal pyramids | make up much of the medullary tissue. The base of each pyramid faces out-ward, and the narrow papilla of each faces toward the hilum |
| detrusor muscle | The wall of the bladder is made mostly of smooth muscle tissue |
| urethra | small tube lined with mucous membrane (urothe-lium) that leads from the floor of the bladder (trigone) to the exterior of the body |
| renal corpuscle | is the first part of the nephron and is made up of the glomerular capsule and glomerulu |
| gastrointestinal (GI) tract | refers only to the stomach and intes-tines but is sometimes used in reference to the entire alimentary canal. |
| serosa | is the outermost layer of the GI wall. It is made up of serous membrane |
| peritoneum | the serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and covers its organs. The lining attached to and covering the walls of the abdominopelvic cavity is called the parietal layer of the peritoneum |
| paranasal sinuses | air-containing spaces that lighten the weight of the skull and open, or drain, into the nasal cav-ity. |
| olfactory epithelium | This membrane contains many olfactory nerve cells and has a rich lymphatic plexus |