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12 Cards in this Set
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What are the 5 layers of epidermis, and their mnemonic?
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Californians Like Girls in String Bikinis
Stratum Corneum Stratum Lucidum Stratum Granulosum Stratum Spinosum Stratum Basale |
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What do sebaceous glands secrete and what are they associated with?
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Secrete sebum
Ass'd with Hair Follicles |
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What do eccrine glands secrete and where are they found?
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Secrete sweat
Located everywhere |
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What do apocrine glands secrete, where are they found, and when do they become activated?
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Secrete milky viscous fluid
Found in axillae, genitalia, areole Aren't functional until puberty |
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What do tight junctions do and what 2 things are they composed of?
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Prevents paracellular movement of solutes
Claudins and Occludins |
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What do adherens junctions do and what 2 things do they connect?
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Cytoskeletons of adjacent cells to Cadherins
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What do desmosomes do and what interaction do they create?
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Structural support via keratin interactions
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What pathology is associated with Desmosome dysfunction?
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Pemphigus Vulgaris
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What do gap junctions do, and what 2 things do they permit?
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Channel proteins
Permit electrical and chemical communication between cells |
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What kind of cells are gap junctions found in?
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Carciac cells
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What 2 things do Hemidesmosomes connect
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Connects keratin in basal cells in underlying basement membrane
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What pathology creates autoantibodies against hemidsmosomes?
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Bullous Pemphigoid
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