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Chapters 6-8
Test 2 Mr. Ramey
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Anatomy
08/07/2009
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Each hair grows in an oblique epithelial tubed called a_________.
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Hair Follicle
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The holocrine glands on the skin secrete __________.
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Sebum
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Dead keratinized cells for the stratum _________ of the skin.
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corneum
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A deficiency of owygin in the blood can give rise to a skin color called __________.
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cyanosis
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The fingernails are composed of the protein _________.
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hard keratin
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Perspiration creates a protective low-pH film on the skin called ________.
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acid mantle
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Blood vessels travel through channels called ______, seen at the centers of the osteons (bone).
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central haversian canals
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Axillary sweat glands are in a class called _______ glands.
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apocrine
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Earwax is also called ________.
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cerumen
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A mole is also called
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nevus
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The pigment of red hair
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eukeratin
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The hair of the eyebrows is considered?
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terminal hair
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Thinning of hair is called?
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alopecia
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A guard hair?
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vibrissa
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yellow pigment sometimes found in skin?
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carotene
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A birthmark?
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hemangioma
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Visible sweating
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diaphoresis
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In melanized skin, the melanin accumulates mostly in the ___________.
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keratinocytes
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Glands most responsible for cooling the skin?
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merocrine
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_______ are likely to be most conspicuous in areas of the skin that are subjected to the greatest mechanical stress.
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dermal papillae
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Head of a long bone
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epiphysis
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The medullary cavity of the body is lined by a fibrous connective tissue membrane called the ________.
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endosteum
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A person stops growing in height when closure of the _________ occurs.
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epiphyseal plates
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Cells called ________ edposit matrix at the surface of the bone.
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osteoblasts
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The pituitary gland lies in a cavity of the sphenoid bone called the ________.
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sella turcica
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A socket of the hip joint is the ________.
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acetabulum
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The median sacral crest represents the fused spinous processes of vertebrae S1-S5.
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false
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