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24 Cards in this Set
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What is the natural shedding process of the skin called?
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Desquamation.
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What is cell division called?
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Mitosis.
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Which cells produce melanin?
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Melanocytes.
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What is the main function of melanin?
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Gives the skin its colour & protects it from the sun.
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What is the arector pili?
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A muscle attached to the hair follicle.
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What type of gland is the eccrine?
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Sweat gland.
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What type of gland is the appocrine?
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A sweat gland.
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Which layer of the dermis contains capillaries?
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Papillary layer.
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Name the gland that secretes sebum
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Sebaceous gland.
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Name the two main substances that make up the acid mantle.
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Sweat & sebum.
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What is the ideal Ph level of the skin on the face?
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5.5 - 5.6
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What should the bodies temperature be maintained at?
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36.8 C
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What does vasoconstriction mean?
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Constriction of the blood vessels.
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What do lymphocytes produce?
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Antibodies.
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What is the other name for platelets?
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Thrombocytes.
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What is the muscle wall that seperates the left & the right sides of the heart called?
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Septum.
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What are the vessels that transport blood away from the heart called?
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Arteries.
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Vessels that transport blood to the heart are called what?
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Veins.
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Pulmonary circulation is the circulation of blood between where?
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Heart & lungs.
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The blood leaves the left side of the heart through which artery?
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Aorta.
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Deoxygenated blood is eventually returned to the right atrium via which vein?
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Vena cava.
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Where is the bicuspid valve?
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Between the left atrium & ventricle.
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Where is the tricuspid valve?
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Between the right atrium & ventricle.
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All arteries carry oxygenated blood except which?
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Pulmonary arteries - they carry deoxygenated blood from the heart.
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