Quizlet anatomy and physiology semester 1

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  1. Apocrine glands: sweat glands found in axillary and genital region
  2. Basal cell carcinoma: most common type of skin canser, cause by exposure to sunligh
  3. Coronal plane: plane that cut the body into posterior and anterior halves
  4. Cyanosis: bluish discoloration of the skin caused by lack of oxygen
  5. Cytokinesis: the process whereby the cytoplasm of a single cell is divided to spawn two daughter cells
  6. Decubitis ulcer: common in bed-ridden people, cause by bressure
  7. Dermis: middle layer of the skin; consists of connective tissue; contains hair follicles, sweat, sebacious, and apocrine glands
  8. Diaphysis: long bone shaft
  9. Dorsal body cavity: consists of the cranial cavity and the vertebral canal
  10. Eccrine glands: sweat glands found througout body, coiled up deep in dermis
  11. Epiphysis: ends of long bones
  12. Haematopoiesis: the formation of blood cellular components
  13. Hair bulb matrix: surrounds the the papilla collection of epithelial cells often interspersed with the pigment producing cells, melanocytes
  14. Jaundice: yellowish discoloration of the skin
  15. Melanin: elemnent which causes darker skin
  16. Melanoma: rare typ of skin cancer; malignant tumor of melanocytes which are found predominantly in skin
  17. Mitosis: the process by which a cell duplicates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus, in order to generate two, identical, daughter nuclei
  18. Saggital plane: plane that cut the body into left and right halves
  19. Squamous cell carcinoma: second most common type of skin cancer
  20. Squamous suture: suture that seperates temporal and parietal bones
  21. Subcutaneous: the inferiormost skin layer, mainly composed of adipose tissue
  22. Sudoriferous glands: sweat glands in general
  23. Thoracic cavity: cavity containing lungs and heart
  24. Transverse plane: plane that cut the body into superior and inferior halves
  25. Venteral body cavity: consists of the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity