NU 110 exam 2 With Correct Answers

Hormones -Answer Endocrine glands Sweat and oil -Answer Exocrine glands Mucus membranes -Answer line cavities that open to the outside Serous membranes -Answer line cavities inside the body Visceral membrane -Answer lines the organ Parietal membrane -Answer surrounds the cavity Regeneration -Answer replacement of tissue by cells that undergo mitosis Fibrous tissue -Answer scar tissue, does not function like it did Fibrocartilage -Answer the strongest cartilage and found in the vertebral discs Stratum germinativum -Answer new skin growing and pushing the rest up Stratum corneum -Answer top layer of dead skin, with Keratin Dermis -Answer Connective tissue, nerves, and glands Sebaceous gland -Answer oil gland Subcutaneous/hypodermis -Answer Adipose tissue and blood vessels Melanin -Answer causes skin to darken Carotene -Answer causes skin to appear yellow Cyanosis -Answer low blood oxygen content Ischemia -Answer event that blocks a vessel Bilirubin -Answer break down product of RBC (jaundice) *liver nails -Answer thin plates of stratified squamous epithelial cells contain a hard form of keratin Sebum -Answer sebaceous glands secrete _____ vernix caseosa -Answer in fetus, sebaceous glands secrete _____ (baby cheese)