Serous membranes
Pleura, resporatory tract, peritoneum
Synovial membranes
Lines joint spaces, contains no epithelium
Cutaneous membrane
Skin
Mucous membrane
Urinary tract, lines body surfaces that open directly to the exterior
Integumentary system
The skin is the primary organ
Epidermis
Outermost layer of the skin
Dermis
Deeper of the two layers of skin made mostly of connective tissue
Subcutaneous
Allows for rapid absorption of injected material
Cutaneous membrane
Composed of dermis and epidermis
Keratin
Protective protein
Melanin
Brown pigment
Stratum corneum
Outer layer of epidermis
Dermal papillae
Parallel rows of tiny bumps
Cyanosis
Blue gray color of skin resulting from a decrease in oxygen
The 3 most important functions of the skin
Protection, temperature regulation and sensory organ
Lanugo
The hair of a newborn infant
Hair papilla
Hair growth begins from a small cap shaped cluster of cells
Lanule or little moon
The nail body nearest the root has a crecent shaped white area called
Arector pilli
Muscles produce "goose pimples
Light touch
Meissner's corpuscle is generally located rather close to the skin's surface and is capable of detecting sensations of
Eccrin sweat glands
The mist numerous, important, and widespread in the body
Apocrine
Located primarily in the axilla and in the pigmented skin around the genitals
Sebum
Nature's skin creme
Will not
A first degree burn will or will not blister
Will
A second degree burn will or will not scar
Epiphyses
Are the end of bones
Osteoblasts
Bone forming cells
Osteoclasts
Bone dissolving cells
Diaphysis
The shaft of the long bone