Question | Answer |
What is the basic unit of all living things? | cells |
What are cells composed of? | organelles, cytoplasm, cell membrane |
What is anabolism? | builds |
What is catobolism? | breaks down |
What are the routes of penetration into the skin? | hair follicle, sebaceous gland, suderiferous duct, intercellular fluid |
What does hypothalamus do? | controls some involuntary muscles (like digestion), and manufactures variety of hormones that stimulate the pituitary to make other hormones |
What is adrenaline? | fight or flight hormone |
What happens to your lungs when you are sleepy? | you don't get enough oxygen |
What are hiccups? | involuntary movement of irritated diaphragm |
What are the two layers of the dermis? | papillary & reticular |
What is included in the reticular layer of the dermis? | collagen & elastin |
What is meant if skin is "permeable"? | easily penatrable |
What are the layers of the epidermis? | corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, basal |
What are the glands of the endocrine system? | thymus, hypothalamus, pineal, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, testes, ovaries, adrenal, pancreas? |
What is connective tissue? | group of cells specialized in providing support and cusion for body ex: cartilage & ligaments |
What is the foundation of the body? | skeletal system |
What gas do we exhale? | carbon dioxide |
What are tissues? | group of similar cells that perform a specific funtion |
What are all of the body systems? | integumentary, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, endocrine, nervous, cardiovascular |
What is anatomy? | study of parts of the body visible to naked eye & the relationship between parts |
What is physiology? | study of the funtion of organs & systems |
What is histology? | study of microscopic anatomy |
Why is metabolism important? | nourishes cell |
What is the primary protection for the respiratory system? | ribs |
What are the two types of sudoriferous glands? | apocrine & eccrine |
What do sebaceous glands secrete? | oil |
Where do we find the thinnest skin? | eyelids |
Where do we find the lucidum layer? | palms of hands & soles of feet |
What are the melanocyte, langerhans, fibroblast, and keratinocyte cells doing for our body? | protecting it |
What is the most primary function of the skin? | protection |
What are the functions of the skin? | secretion, heat regulation, absorbtion, protection, excretion, sensory |
Where are the eccrine glands found? | palms of hands & soles of feet |
What are the 3 hormones secreted to stimulate growth? | thyroxin, iodythonin, calcetonin |
What are the 3 substances we don't want to penetrate the skin? | cleansers, sunscreen, makeup foundation |
What is the adam's apple? | thyroid cartilage |
What does the anterior pituitary secrete? | trophic hormones and growth hormone |
What does the posterior pituitary secrete? | ADH & oxytocin |
What are striae? | stretchmarks |
What is pregnancy mask called? | melasma |
What is the muscle that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity? | diaphragm |
Pregnancy acne is usually worse during which months? | 1-2 |
Winter depression (Seasonal Affective Disorder) is a disorder of which gland? | pineal |
Which two systems work to supply oxygen and eliminate CO2? | cardiovascular and respiratory |