Anatomical Organization
The antecubital region is more ____ than the acromial region.
What is distal?
The organ system containing the brain and spinal cord.
What is the nervous system?
The phase of the cell cycle where the cell splits.
What is mitosis?
What is hypertrophy?
The skin has two different types, thick and ____?
What is thin skin?
If you are sleeping face up at night, someone would say you are in the ______ position.
The organ system that produces movement.
What is the muscle system?
A cell in a high solute concentration solution would be in a ______ solution.
What is a hypertonic solution?
This layer of the skin is made up of dead cells in the epidermis, what layer is this?
What is the stratum corneum?
If you were in a fire and had burns on your left arm and right leg, you would say the damage is ______.
What is contralateral?
The organ system that transports nutrients around the body.
What is the cardiovascular system?
Amount of cholesterol, temperature, and level of saturation all affect the membrane ______.
_____ in cells in tissues is when they become abnormal, and is often associated with cancer.
What is dysplasia?
The dermis is made of 2 layers, the papillary layer and the _____.
What is the reticular layer?
The study of function and how living organisms perform their vital functions.
What is physiology?
The organ system that contains the skin, hair, and nails.
What is the integumentary system?
Cell signaling that travels far in the body using the blood.
What is endocrine signaling?
The name of the scarring process after an injury.
What is fibrosis?
When you grow older what layer containing adipocytes is greatly diminished?
What is the hypodermis?
Region that translates to "below ribs" and contains the spleen.
What is the hypochondriac region?
The organ system that directs long term changes.
What is the endocrine system?
The cell junction that anchors the cell into the basal membrane.
What is a hemi-desmosome?
The release of this causes inflammation.
What is histamine?
The reticular layer of skin is made up of what type of tissue?
What is dense-irregular connective tissue?