Question | Answer |
5 components of integumentary system | skin, hair nails, glands, sensory receptors |
Albinism | Inherited inability to produce melanin. Melanocytes are present |
Vitiligo | Partial or complete loss of melanocytes from patches of skin |
Thick skin | Stratum Lucidum |
Stratum Lucidum | clear layer in thick skin |
Layer know as transitional layer | Stratum Granulosum |
Most common cells in Stratum Granulosum and what do the produce? | Karatinocytes - Lamellar granules |
Joint surfaces - Fossa | shallow, basin like depression |
Js - Condyle | rounded articular projection |
Js - Epicondyle | raised area above a condyle |
Js - Head | bony expansion on a narrow neck |
Trocanter | large, blunt, irregular surface |
Tuberosity | rounded projection |
Process | any bony prominence |
Crest | narrow, prominent ridge of bone |
Line | narrow ridge of bone |
Fovea | small pit like indent |
Tubercle | small rounded projection |
Ramus | arm like bar of bone |
Spine | sharp, slender projection |
Foramen | round or oval opening through a bone |
Fissure | narrow, slit like opening |
Meatus | canal-like passageway |
Sinus | space within a bone |