Set: anatomy and physiology semester 1

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

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Creator mohua
Created December 21, 2007
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Tags physiology, and, anatomy
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  1. Decubitis ulcer → common in bed-ridden people, cause by bressure - 6 misses
  2. Venteral body cavity → consists of the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity - 5 misses
  3. Epiphysis → ends of long bones - 3 misses
  4. Cytokinesis → the process whereby the cytoplasm of a single cell is divided to spawn two daughter cells - 3 misses
  5. Cyanosis → bluish discoloration of the skin caused by lack of oxygen - 2 misses
  6. Subcutaneous → the inferiormost skin layer, mainly composed of adipose tissue - 2 misses
  7. Dorsal body cavity → consists of the cranial cavity and the vertebral canal - 1 miss