Quiz_________________?
Albinism -
Answer✅
genetic lack of melanin
Quiz_________________?
Apocrine glands -
Answer✅
open into hair follicles in anal region, groin, and armpits
Quiz_________________?
Appendicular skeleton -
Answer✅
appendages (bones of the upper and lower limbs and shoulder, hip bones)
1
, Quiz_________________?
Appositional growth -
Answer✅
bone growth in diameter and thickness through growth of new tissue at the surface
Quiz_________________?
Axial Skeleton -
Answer✅
Forms the long axis of the body (skull, vertebral column, rib cage)
Quiz_________________?
Calcitonin -
Answer✅
secreted by thyroid gland when blood calcium levels are too high
Quiz_________________?
Calcitrol (vitamin D) -
Answer✅
promotes intestinal calcium absorption, reduced excretion of calcium in urine
Quiz_________________?
Canaliculi -
Answer✅
hair like canals that connect osteocytes within an osteon
2
, Quiz_________________?
Central canal -
Answer✅
small blood vessels and nerves that runs through each osteon
Quiz_________________?
Closed (simple) Fracture -
Answer✅
completely internal
Quiz_________________?
Compact bone -
Answer✅
dense outer layer that looks smooth and solid
Quiz_________________?
Complete fracture -
Answer✅
bone is broken through
Quiz_________________?
Cyanosis -
3
, Answer✅
blueness of skin due to deficiency of oxygen
Quiz_________________?
Define: Vasoconstriction -
Answer✅
narrowing of blood vessels, reduces heat loss
Quiz_________________?
Define: Vasodilation -
Answer✅
widening of blood vessels, increases heat loss
Quiz_________________?
Dendritic cells (functions and 2nd name) -
Answer✅
macrophages (big phagocytic cells) that kill microbes
Quiz_________________?
Describe bone resorption? -
Answer✅
Osteoclasts secrete lysosomal enzymes that digest the organic matrix and metabolic acids
that digest calcium salts (release calcium)
4