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Define Anatomy

Anatomy is the study of structure.

The word anatomy is derived from Greek and means "to cut apart"
Define Physiology
Physiology is the study of function.
Define Functional Anatomy
Functional Anatomy is studying the relationship between structure and function; emphasizing the structural characteristics that contribute to function.
Define Anatomical Terminology
Anatomical terminology provides standard nomenclature worldwide.
What are the 2 branches of anatomy?
Macroscopic anatomy (Gross Anatomy)
Microscopic anatomy (histology)
Define Gross Anatomy
Gross Anatomy: study of large body structures visible to the naked eye.
What are several approaches to Gross Anatomy?
Comparative
Developmental
Embryology
Regional
Systemic
Surface
Define Regional Anatomy
Regional anatomy examines all the structures in a particular region of the body as one complete unit - for example, the skin, connective tissue and fat, bones, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels of the neck.
Define Surface Anatomy
examines both superficial anatomic markings and internal body structures as they relate to the skin covering them.

Health-care providers use surface features to identify and locate specific bony processes at joints as well as to obtain a pulse or a blood sample.
Define Systemic Anatomy
Systemic anatomy studies the gross anatomy of each system in the body.

for example, studying the urinary system would involve examining the kidneys, where urine is formed, along with the organs of urine transport (ureters and urethra) and storage (urinary bladder).
Define Microscopic anatomy (Histology)
Microscopic anatomy (Histology) - studies structures too small to be seen without a microscope.
Coronal Plane
Frontal plane. Divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts.
Transverse Plane
cross-sectional or horizontal plane. Cuts perpendicularity along the long axis of the body or organ.
Midsagittal and saggital plane
midsag - equal
sagital -may not be equal, left or right parts.
Anterior
In front of; toward the front surface.

The stomach is anterior to the spinal cord.
Posterior
In back of; toward the back back surface

The heart is posterior to the sternum
Dorsal
At the back side of the human body

The spinal cord is on the dorsal side of the body.
Ventral
At the belly side of the human body

The umbilicus (navel, belly button) is on the ventral side of the body.
Superior
Closer to the head

The chest is superior to the pelvis
Inferior
Closer to the feet

The stomach is inferior to the heart.
Caudal
At the rear or tail end

The abdomen is caudal o the head.
Cranial
At the head end

The head is cranial to the trunk.
Rostral
Toward the nose.

The frontal lobe is rostal to the occipital lobe.
Medial
Toward the midline of the body.

The lungs are medial to the shoulders.
Lateral
Away from the midline of the body

The arms are lateral to the heart.
Deep
On the inside, underneath another structure

Muscles are deep to the skin.
Superficial
On the outside

The external edge of the kidney is superficial to its internal structure.
Proximal
Closest to point of attachment to trunk.

the elbow is proximal to the hand.
Distal
Furthest point of attachment to trunk.

The wrist is distal to the elbow.
Abdominal
located below the diaphgragm and above the top of the hips
Antebrachial
Forearm (the portion of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist).
Antecubital
Region anterior to the elbow; also known as the cubital region.
Auricular
Ear (visible surface structure of the ear the ear's internal organs)
Axillary
Armpit
Brachial
Arm (shoulder to the elbow)
Buccal
Cheek
Calcaneal
Heel of the foot
Carpal
Wrist
Cephalic
Head
Cervical
Neck
Coxal
Hip
Cranial
Skull
Crural
Leg (from knee to ankle).
Deltoid
Shoulder
Digital
Fingers or toes (also called phalangeal)
Dorsal
Back
Femoral
Thigh
Fibular
Lateral aspect of the leg
Frontal
Forehead
Gluteal
Buttock
Hallux
Great toe
Inguinal
Groin
Lumbar
Relating to the loins, or the part of the back and sides between the ribs and pelvis
Mammary
Breast
Manus
Hand
Mental
Chin
Nasal
Nose
Occipital
Posterior aspect of the head
Olecranal
Posterior of the elbow
Oral
Mouth
Orbital
Eye
Palmar
Palm of the hand
Patellar
Kneecap
Pelvis
Pelvis (between the hip bones)
Perineal
Diamond-shaped region between the thighs that contains the anus and selected external reproductive organs
Pes
Foot
Plantar
Sole of the foot
Pollex
Thumb
Popliteal
Area posterior to the knee
Pubic
Anterior region of the pelvis
Radial
Lateral aspect of the forearm
Sacral
Posterior region between the hip bones
Scapular
Shoulder blade
Sternal
between the breasts
Sural
Calf (posterior part of the leg)
Tarsal
Root of the foot
Thoracic
Chest or thorax
Thorax
Chest
Tibial
Medial aspect of the leg
Ulnar
Medial aspect of the forearm
Umbilical
Navel
Vertebral
Spinal Column
Characteristics of Anatomic Position
Standing upright
Feet parallel and on the floor
Head level and looking forward
Arms at side of body
Palms facing forward and thumbs pointing away from body.
Anatomic postion

Palms facing ______ and thumbs pointing away from body.
forward
What is an 'A section'?
An actual cut or slice through a structure or a piece removed by slicing a structure.
What are planes?
imaginary flat surfaces passing through the body or an organ.
________________ (frontal) plane - divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts
Coronal plane
______________ (median) plan - divides the body into equal left and right halves other sagittal planes divide the body into unequal left and right parts
midsagittal plane
______________ (horizontal) plane - divides the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) parts
transverse plane
A sagittal plane in the body midline is a _________________ plane
median plane
A plane that is parallel to the midsagittal plane, but either to the left or the right of it, is termed a _____________________ (unequal).
Sagittal plane.
A minor plane, called the _____________ plane, passes through the specimen at an angle.
oblique plane.
Your foot is _____________ to the hip?
distal
Your sternum is _______________ to the heart?
Anterior
Your shoulder is _____ to the wrist?
Proximal
Patellar Region
Front surface of knee
Popliteal region
back of the knee
Dorsum (Manus Region)
back of hand
Manus Region
Hand
Two regions of the hand (Manus)
Palmar
Dorsum
Dorsum (Foot or Pedal Region)
top surface of foot
The body can be divided into 2 major regions:
Axial Region
Appendicular Region
Axial region consists of.....
head, neck, and trunk (the vertical axis of the bdoy)
Appendicular region consists of .....
upper and lower limbs (appendages)
The posterior aspect has two body cavities:
Cranial: formed by skull bones and houses the brain

Vertebral: formed by vertebral column bones and contains the spinal cord.
Cranial posterior body cavity is formed by _____.
skull bones
Vertebral posterior body cavity is formed by _______.
vertebral column bones.
What are the 2 ventral cavities?
Thoracic: the superior cavity
- medistinum
- 2 pleural cavities

Abdominopelvic: the inferior cavity
- physically separated by the diaphragm
Ventral cavities are lined by a thin serous membrane divided into two continuous parts (layers):
Parietal layer
Visceral layer
Parietal Layer
Covers the external surface of organs in the cavity
Visceral Layer
lines the internal surface of the body wall
The serous fluid reduces _________ and helps the organs move smoothly against one another and the body wall.
friction
What fluid reduces friction and provides protection by lubricating the organs?
Serous fluid
The heart is located in a middle compartment called the _________?
Pericardial
The serous membrane that surrounds the heart is called the _________?
Pericardium
The pericardium develops 2 continuous layers. Name them.
Visceral pericardium: on surface of heart
Parietal pericardium: surrounding heart
Abdominopelvic cavity has two continuous cavities with no physical separation. What are they?
Abdominal cavity (superior)
Pelvic cavity (inferior)
The __________ is a moist, two-layered serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity.
peritoneal cavity
The abdominopelvic cavity is partitioned into __ smaller, imaginary compartments.

The abdominopelvic cavity can be divided into ____ quadrants.
9 regions. 4 quadrants
Flexion
The angle between articulating bones decreases; usually occurs in the sagittal plane.
Extension
The angle between articulating bones increases; usually occurs in the sagittal plane
Abduction:
Movement of a bone away from the MIDLINE
Adduction:
Movement of bone toward the MIDLINE
Examples of Flexion/Extension
See photo
Pronation (hand)
Rotation of the forearm whereby the palm is turned posteriorly.

Palm fown.
Supination (hand)
Palm up.
Dorsiflexion (foot)
Toes points up, heel down
Plantar (foot movement)
flexing onto of toes
Inversion/Eversion
inversion: sole goes inward
eversion: sole goes outward
What are the 6 levels of organization within the body?
Chemical level > cellular level > Tissue > organ > organ system > organism
What is a tissue?
Tissues are precise organizations of similar cells that perform specialized functions.
What is an organ?
Organs contain two more more tissue types that work together to perform specific, complex functions.

ex: small intestine, brain, lungs, stomach, or heart
What is an organ system?
Related organs work together to coordinate activiites and achieve common function.

respiratory system (nose, phayrnx and trachea)
What is the organismal level?
All body systems function interdependently in a single living human being.
The median space in the thoracic cavity is called the _________. It contains the
heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea, and major blood vessels.
mediastinum
The mediastinum contains which parts?
It contains the
heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea, and major blood vessels.
The right and left sides of the thoracic cavity contain the lungs, which are lined by a two-layered serous membrane called
the _______.
pleura
The ______ is the potential
space between the parietal and visceral pericardia; it contains
serous fluid.
pericardial cavity
Within the mediastinum, the heart is enclosed by a two layered serous membrane called the _________
pericardium
The __________ is the outermost layer and forms the sac around the heart;
parietal pericardium
The narrow, moist, potential space between the parietal and
visceral layers is called the _______, and is the location of the lubricating serous fluid.
pleural cavity
4 Types of tissues
Epithelial
connective
muscle
nervous
Epithelial tissue is composed of __________ layers of closely packed calls that form a barrier between two compartments having different components.
one or more
Which tissue lines every body surface and all body cavities?
Epithelial tissue
True or False

No blood vessels penetrate an epithelium
True
Epithelial tissue forms both the _____ and _____ lining of many organs.
internal and external
All epithelia share which 5 characteristics?
cellularlity
polarity
attachment
avascularity
innervation
Regeneration
Epithelial cells have an ______ (top or exposed_ surface and a _____ surface where they attach to underlying cells.
apical , basal
True or false

Epithelial tissue lack blood vessels
True
Functions of Epithelial Tissue?
Physical protection - from dehydration and abrasion, physical chemical, and biological agents

Selective permeability - regulates the passage of certain molecules

Secretions -

Sensations
What is the basement membrane?
A specialized structure of epithelium.
Where is the basement membrane located?
Found between the epithelium and underlying connective tissue.
What does the basement membrane do?
Provides physical support and ancohoring of epithelial tissue.

Acts as a barrier to regulate passage to large molcules between epithelium and underlying connective tissue.
What are intercellular junctions?
Epithelial cells are strongly bound to each other on their lateral surfaces by sharing membrane specializations called intercellular junctions.
List 4 intercellular junctions:
tight junctions
adhering junctions
desmosomes
gap junctions
Tight Junctions

Encircle cells near their ______ surface
Precent molecules from traveling between epithelial cells, therefore molecules must go through the epithelial cells rather than in between them
Gatekeepers between an external and internal environment.
apical
Adhering Junctions

Formed completely around the cell deep to the tight junction
Micro filaments act like a purse string to stablize the ______ surface of the epithelial cell
apical
Desmosomes

Like a button or snap between adjacent cells

Appaer at locations of _________ stress between cells sharing this type of junction.
mechanical
Gap junctions

Fluid-filled _________ that directly connect the cytoplasms of apposed cells sharing these structures
tunnel or pore
Demosomes look like what? Adhering Junctions?
Desmosomes - button or snaps

Adhering - zipper
How many cell layers are in Simple classication of epithelia? Stratified? Pseudo stratified?
Simple - 1
Stratified - 2 or more
Pseduo - 1, but not all cells reach the apical surface. Illusion.
Name of cell shape

_________ --- flattened and similiar to the shape of a fried egg

__________ --- about the same size on all sides, the nucleus is usually centrally located

_________ --- taller than they are wide and nucleus is oval and located in the basal region of the cell
1. squamous
2. cuboidal
2. columnar
Describe Simple Squamous Epithelium
Single layer of flat cells
Describe Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
Single layer of cube-shaped cells
Describe Simple Columnar Epithelium
Single layer of cells taht are taller than they are wide.
Describe Simple Columnar Cilated Epithelium
Some epithelial cells possess cilia on their apical surface (respiratory and reproductive systems)
Characteristics of Stratified Epthelia?
Contain 2 or more layers of cells
Regenerate from below
Major role is protection
Describe Stratified Squamous Epithelium
Multiple layers of lattened cells
Describe Stratified Cubodial Epithelium
Multiple layers of cube-shaped cells
Describe Stratified Columnar Epithelium
Multiple layers of cells that are taller than they are wide
Describe Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium
Single layer of columnar epithlial cells but layered apperance of nuclei suggest multiple layers of cells
Transitional Epithelium

Found lining the inside of the ________.

Changes shape between squamous and cuboidal.
Bladder
Glands fall into what two categories?
Endocrine
Exocrine
_________ glands do not possess ducts and secrete directly into the inersittial fluid or the bloodstream
Endocrine
_______ glands possess ducts and their cells secrete their products into their ducts
exocrine
Almost all _____ glands are derived from epithelial tissue.
exocrine.
________ act as chemical messengers to influence cell activites elsewhere in the body.
Hormones
Ducts carry products to ________ surface.
epithelial
What are examples of exocrine glands?
Mucus-secreting glands
Sweat and milk glands
Salivary glands
What do goblet cells produce?
mucin
True or false

Goblet cells covers, protect, and lubricates many internal body surfaces.
True
________ glands ahve single unbranched ducts.

_______ glands have branched duct
Simple

compound
Categories of secretory unit

______ -- form a tube

________ - secretory cells form small flaslike sacs

________ - contain both a tube and a alveolar secretory units
Tubular

Acinar (alveoloar)

Tubuloacinar
Secretion Types

______ glands produce and secrete a nonviscious, watery fluid, such as weet, milk, tears, or digestive juices.

________ glands secrete mucin, which forms mucus when mixed with water.

_____ - such as the two pairs of salivary glands inferior to the oral cavity, contain both serous and mucus cells, and produce a mixture of the two types of secretions
Serous glands

Mucus glands

mixed glands
Meocrine glands

Also called ____ glands, package their secretions in structures called __________, which travel to the apical surface of the glandular cell and release their secretions by _______.
eCCRINE GLANDS

SECRETORY VESICLES

exocytosis.
Holocrine gland

Secretion is produced through the _______ of the secretory cell.
destruction
Apocrine

Secretion occurs with the ___________ of the apical surface of the cell and the subsequent release of the secretory product.
"decapitation"
List 3 structure components of Connective tissue
Cells: different cells for different types of CT--bone cells, cartilage cells, fat cells

Protein fibers: elastic fibers, collagen, reticular fibers

Ground substance: a mixture of proteins and carbohydrates with variable amounts of salts and water.
The structural components of connective tissue (the protein fibers and ground substance) comprise the ______________, which is produced by the CT cells.
extracellular matrix.
True or false

Connective tissue may be viscous (blood), semisolid (cartilage), or solid (bone)
True
functions of Connective Tissue
physical protection

support and structural framework
binding of structures
stroage
transport
immune protection
CT types present after birth can be classified into three broad categories
CT proper
Supporting CT
Fluid CT
There are two groups of cells in CT proper.

________ cells: include fibroblasts, adipocytes, fixed macrophages, and mesenchymal cells.

_______ cells: include mast and plasma cells, free macrophages, and leukoctyes.
Resident cells

Wandering cells
There are three general types of fibers of connective tissue proper:

_________ fibers: long, unbranching, strong, flexible, and resistant to stretching. They make up 25% of all protein in the human body. Making it the most abundant protein.


_____ fibers: thinner than collagen, streatch easily, branch, and rejoin. These fibers allow structures such as blood vessels to stretch and relax.

______ fibers: thinner than collagen fibers, form a meshwork-like configuration. They are found in organs with abundant spaces such as liver, lymph nodes, and spleen - act as packing material.
Collagen fibers.

Elastic fibers

Reticular fibers.
Ground substance of connective tissue proper

A combination of _____ and _______.
Additional content such as water and salts can result in a texture anywhere from semifluid (adipose, fat) to hard (bone)
proteins and carbohydrates
2 broad categories of connective tissue -- see table 4.8

_______ CT: has fewer protein fibers and more ground substance
*Aerolar connective tissue, adipose tissue and reticular connective tissue

_____ CT: has more protein fibers and less ground substance
*Dense regular, dense irregular, elastic
Loose CT

Dense CT
Aerolar connective tissue, adipose tissue, and reticular connective tissue are all examples of what kind of connective tissue?
Loose CT
Dense regular, dense irregular, elastic are examples of what kind of connective tissue?
Dense CT
What is the function and location of Aerola Connective Tissue?
Function - surrounds and protects tissues and oragans, holds and conveys tissue fluid, packages nerve and blood vessels

Location - widespread. subcataneous alyer of ksin, surrounds organs, nerves, blood vesseles, and muscle cells.
What is the function and location of Adipocyte Tissue?
Function - stores energy, insulates against heat loss, supports and protects organs

Location - under skin, around kidneys, behind eyeballs, within abdomen and in breasts
What is the function and location of reticular connective tissue?
Function - form a soft, internal skeleton (stroma) - supports other cell types

Location - lymphoid organs (lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen)
What are the 3 types of Dense connective tissue?
Dense regular connective tissue
Dense irregular connective tissue
Elastic connective tissue
Dense Regular Connective Tissue

- primarily parallel collagen fibers
-Fibroblasts and some elastic fibers
- _______ vascularized
Poorly
What is the function of Dense Regular connective tissue? Location?
Function - attaches muscle to bone or bone to tone.

Withstands great stress in one direction

Location - tendons and ligaments
Describe Dense Irregular Connective tissue? Function? Location?
Description
- primarily irregular arranged collagen fibers, some elastic fibers and fibroblasts

Function - withstands tension/stress
- provides structural strength

Location - dermis of skin, around muscle and organs, fibrous capsules of joints and organs
Describe elastic connective tissue? function? location?
Contains branching elastic fibers and more fibroblasts than loose CT

Function: high elasticity allows stretching of organs

Location - found in vocal cords, elastic arteris, trachea, bronchial tubes.
Two types of supporting connective tissue?
cartilage and bone
Cartilage
- firm, flexible tissue
- contains no __________

- Cells are called -___________
* Chondrocytes occupy small spaces enclosed by their extracellualr matrix called ______.
-Chondrocytes secrete a gel-like matrix that contains collagen and elastic fibers, contains up to ___% water.
blood vessels or nerves
chondrocytes
lucanae
80%
Three types of carilage

1. _____ cartilage
- most common type but ______.
- found in fetal skeleton, at ends of bones that articulate with each other, in trachea, larynx, and nose.

2. _____________________ cartilage
- dense interwoven collagen fibers contribute to the durability
- found in intervertebral disc, pubic symphsis, and the menisci of the kneee
- acts as shock absorber

3 _________ cartilage
- elastic fibers are main feature
- found in epiglottis and external ear
Hyaline

Fibro cartilage

elastic cartilage
Bone Tissue
- Cells are called _________.

Hard, calcified matrix is unique mixture of collagen fibers and bone salts

Very _____ vascularized.

Function - supports and protects organs, providers levers and attachment site for muscles, stores calcium and other minerals, stores fat, marrow is site for blood cell formation
osteocytes
very well vascularized
Fluid Connective Tissue
compromised of the following components:

_________: a watery ground substance containing protein fibers

Formed Elements:

Erythrocytes: ___ blood cells
Leukocytes: ____ blood cells
Platelets: _____ of blood cells involved in blood clotting
Red - erythrocytes
White - leukocytes
fragments - platelets
Describe blood tissue. Function? Location?
Description: an atypical connective tissue - does not connect things or give mechancial support. Consists of cells surrounded by nonliving matrix

red and white blood cells in a fluid matrix

function - transport vehicle for cardiovascular system, transport of respiratory gases, carries nutrients and wastes.

Location - within blood vessels.
Four types of membranes

_______ membrane
- lines body passageways that open to surface of body
- an epithelial sheet underlain with layer of lamina propria


________ membrane - slippery membranes
- simple squamous epithelium lying on loose connective tissue
- Line closed cavities (pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial cavities)
Two layers: parietal, visceral

_______ membrane - skin, largest body membrane


______ membrane - lines some joints of the skeletal system


Choices:
synovial, mucus, serous, cutaneous,
mucus, serous, cutaneous, synovial
Muscle Tissue
comprised of cells called ______.
When stimulated by the nervous systems, fibers shorten or _______.
The result of contraction is movement.
fibers

contract
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
Describe skeletal muscle tissue? Function? Location?
Cells (muscle fibers) are:
cylindrical and long (some as long as whole muscle)
multinucleated
straited

Function - Contraction causes movement of skeleton or skin
Location: attached to bones of skeleton and some skin
Cardiac muscle tissue

Cells are

_______, Y-shaped, shorter than skeletal fibers
straited and ___________
attached end-to-end by strong gap junctioned called __________ discs that allow rapid passage of electrical current from one cell ot the next during each heart beat

function - involuntary contraction to propel blood into circulatory system

Location - occurs in heart wall
branched

involuntary

intercalated
Smooth muscle tissue
Cells are
-relativey short, wide in the middle, and tapered at the ends (known as ________)

- ______________ (voluntary or is it involuntary?) and non-srtraited

Function - contraction causes movement of food, blood, sperm

Location - found in walls of most internal organs
fusiforms
Nervous tissue
Contains two types of cells
________ - nerve cells that are capaable of initation and conducting electrical activity throughout the body (excitable cells)


_________ - cells that support the neurons

Function: communication and control of body functions

Location: brain, spinal, and nerves
neurons
neuroglia
Define metaplasia
epithelia lining the respiratory airways of people who smoke change from psedustrahciliated to stratified squamous
Define hypertrophy (TROPHY -- bigger is better)
an increase in the SIZE of existing cells
hyperplasia
an increase in number of cells in a tissue
neoplasia
out-of-control growth, which forms a tumor
define atrophy
shrinkage of tissue by cell size or number
The integument
Integument = _________
-- largest organ (7-8% of body weight)
-- two layers
____________: superficial layer of stratified squamous epithelium
______________: deeper layer of areolar and dense irregular connective tissue
hypodermis (not part of the skin) lies under dermis, mostyl adipose connective tissue)

Skin is also known as the ___________ membrane
skin

epidermis

dermis

cutaneous
Integumentary system consists of ?
the skin and its derivatives - nails, hair, sweat glands, and sebace glands
__________ tissue supports and monitors senroy receptors in the skin.
Neural tissue.
Is the epidermis vascular or avascular? How many layers?
Avascular. 4-5
The Epidermis contains four main cell types

_________ - most abundant. produce keratin which privdes its protective properties

________ - UV protection. specialized cells that synthesize the pigment melanin, found in deepest layer

___________ - Sense touch. located at epidermal-dermal junction, associated with disc like sensory nerve endings

___________ - macrophages that help activate our immune system, arise from bone marrow and migate to epidermis
Keratinocytes
Melanocytes
Tactile (Merkel) cells
Epidermal dendritic (langerhans) cells
Most abundant cell type in epidermis?
Keratinocytes
List Layers of the epidermis from bottom to top
Stratum basale
Stratum spinosum
stratum granulosum
stratum lucidum (only in thick skin)
stratum corneum (surface)
Which layer of the epidermis is the onyl layer that undergoes mitosis?
Stratum basale
How many layers of cells is the stratum spinosum? stratum granulosum? stratum lucidum? stratum corneum?
Stratum Spinosum: several layers

Stratum granulosum: 3-5 layers

Stratum lucidum - 2-3 layers

Stratum corneum - few to 30 layers.
At which epidermis level does Keratinization occur? This is where cell death occurs.
Stratum Granulosum.
Which is the most superficial level of the epidermis?
Stratum corneum
In thick skin, all 5 epidermal strata are present. However, in thin skin, which epidermal strata is not present?
Stratum lucidum.
Skin color is determined by three pigments:

________ blood pigment; causes light complexions to look pink or blue.


_________ is a pigment produced and stored in cells called melanocytes.

____ cromes primariely in diet. Produces yellow-orange pigment
Hemoglobin

Melanin

Carotene
____ : localized overgrowth of melanocytes. Another term for mole.
Nevus
________________": proliferation of blood vessels.
hemangioma
_______________: folds of epidermis/dermis on fingers, palms, soles, and toes for grasping. >> fingerprints
friction riders
What are the functions of nerve fibers?
tactile receptors
control blood flow
control glandular secretion
Blood Supply

Epidermis: avascular
Dermis: contains blood vessels

Dermis is important in controlling body temperature

vasoconstriction: _____________ blood vessels preserves core heat

vasodilation _______________ of blood vessels releases body head, lowering body temperature
narrowing
widening
The hypdermis - also known as the ______________ layer

deep to, not rally part of, the integument
-areolar and adipose connective tissues
subcutaneous
What are the functions of the hypodermis?
protects underling structures
stores energy
thermal insulation
Which layer do nails grow from?
stratum corneum
What are nails made of?
Hard keratin
Can you identify these nail parts?

nail body: flat keratinized cells protecting digit

nail bed: live epidermal cells under nail bed

nail root: region hidden by cuticle

---- nail matrix: thickened growing part of the nail bed
---- lunula: white semilunar proximal area of nail body caused by thickened underling straum basale obscuring capillaries in dermis

free edge, body, root, nail folds, cuticle
yes/no
What is another term for eponychium?
cuticle
Hair

Columns of keratinocytes growing from ______ deep in dermis or hypodermis.
follicles
Can you identify the following in a picture?

hair bulb
hair root
hair shaft
yes/no
What are the 3 kinds of hair?

________ - fetal hair
__________ - widespread, everywhere
_________ - pubic hair, eyebrow, thick
lanugo
vellus
terminal hair
Hair structure - frrom deep to superficial

hair ________ : connective tissue, nerves, and blood vessels below follicle that support the keratinocytes

hair _______ : a swelling at bottom of follice filled with dividing keratinocyters; increase in hair matrix causes hair growth.

_________ : involuntary smooth muscle attached to hair shaftl responds to emotional states (fear or rage) and cold temperatures by contracting, standing hair up, and produciing "goose bumps"
hair papilla

hair bulb

arrector pili
What are the three concentric layers of keratinized cells?

________ - central core

_______ - surrounds medulla

_______ - outermost layer
Matrix/Medulla - central core

cortex - surrounds medulla

cuticle - outermost layer
What causes hair color? Gray hair?
synthesis of melanin.

Decrease.
What is thinning of the hair called?
Alopecia
Sebaceous glands: produce ____ secreations.
oily
Where are apocrine glands found?
axillary/pubic/armpit.
What do ceruminous glands produce?
mammary glands?
ceruminous glands - ear wax
mammary - milk
Where are merocine sweat glands found? function?
forehead, palms and soles.

function: thermoregulation, secretion, protection
Which gland is responsible for body odor?
apocrine sweat gland
Which gland secrete oily sebum into hair follicles? responsible for lubrication of skin and hair. More active during the onset of puberty.
Sebaceous glands
Is mature cartilage avascular or vascular?
avascular
Chondroblasts: _____ matrix
Chondrocyte: _______ by matrix

chondrocytes live in small spaces called ______
produce

surround

lacunae
What are the three types of cartilage?
Hyaline
Fribro
Elastic
What are the functions of cartilage?
Support soft tissues
- airways
- auricle of ear

Articulations - smooth surfaces where bones meet

Precursor for bone growth
Growth of cartilage

Two patterns:

________ growth - growth from within

_________ growth - along outside edge of the cartilage
Interstitial growth

appositional growth
Define calcification
minerals deposited in th ematrix (main store and source of calcium and phosphate)
True or false

living organs contain four tissue types
True
What are the two types of bone?
compact (dense) bone
Spongy bone
True or false

Flat bones have compact and spongy (diploe) bone
True
Long Bone Anatomy

(Match)

A -- elongated usually cylndrical shaft

B - knobby, enarlged regions at ends. Strengthen joints. Attachment site for tendons/ligaments


C - between diaphysis and epiphysis. contains epiphysial growth plate


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epiphysis
diaphysis
metaphysis
A - diaphysis
B - epi
C - meta
Long Bone Anatomy - match

A. Thin layer of hyaline cartilage on epiphyses. Reduces friction between articulating bones.

B. Cylindrical space in diaphysis. Usually contains yellow bone marrow.

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Medullary/marrow cavity
Articular cartilage
B. Medullary/Marrow cavity
A. articular cartilage
Does the Periosteum cover articular cartilages?
No.
What are periosteum anchored by?
Perforating fibers embedded in the bone matrix
Periosteum (around bone)

- dense irregular connective tissue
- covers _________ (external/internal???) surfaces of bones.
-acts as anchor for blood vessels and nerves
- anchored by ______ embedded in the bone matrix
external
perforating fibers
Endosteum (in)

covers most _________ (internal/external???) surfaces of bones.
internal
Osteoprogenitors: produce more stem cells

Osteoblasts: ___________ bone matrix

Osteocytes: reside in _____; maintain matrix and commmunicate with osteoblasts to cause further ____ of bone matrix

Osteoclasts: ______ bone.
produce/form

lacunae

dissolve/break down
1/3 of bone matrix is made of?

2/3 of bone matrix is made of?
1/3 is organic components - cells, collagen and ground substance.

The rest is inorgani, made of salt crystals.
Define hydroxyapatite:
bone salt crystals.

made of calcium phosphate and hydroxide
Bone compression and tesion is great at _______ (external/internal????) surface
external
The basic structural and functional unit of mature compacft bone is the ________.
osteon, also known as the haversian system.
Osteon components - MATCH

Canals

_______ - carries blood vessels and nerves

_______ - pperpendicular connections to central canal with blood vessels and nerves

_________: between lacunae allowing metabolic interactions between osteocytes


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canaliculi
perforating
central
Answer

central - carries blood

perforating canal: perpendicular connection
canaliculi: between lacunae, allowing metablic interactions between osteocytes
Osteon components - MATCH

Lamellae

_________: rings of bone around central canal

____________: along endosteum and periosteu

____________: leftover pieces of old osteons


MATCH

concentric
circumferential
interstitial
Concentric - rings of bone around central canal
circumferential- along endosteum and periosteum
interstitial: leftover pieces
Draw your own osteon - label
draw it