The Integumentary System

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Across
  1. 3. Invasion by disease-causing organisms.
  2. 5. Tissue death.
  3. 7. Noncancerous, harmless.
  4. 9. Active transport of molecules out of the cell.
  5. 11. Excision of damaged tissue or foreign object.
  6. 12. Softening of the bones.
  7. 15. Lamellated corpuscle that responds to vibration.
  8. 18. Study of diseases of the skin.
  9. 21. Formation of a raised or hypertrophic scar.
  10. 23. Disease-causing agents.
  11. 25. Abnormal condition of blue (bluish colour, lips and nail beds). Typically caused by low oxygenation.
  12. 26. Without blood vessels.
  13. 27. Yellow-coloured.
  14. 28. Outer layer of skin, made of closely packed epithelial cells.
  15. 29. Pertaining to dermatology.
  16. 34. Unconsciously regulates communication to and from the brain.
  17. 35. Flight or fight response determines communication to and from the brain.
  18. 36. Responsible for fight or flight responses.
  19. 37. Tactile corpuscle that responds to light and touch, touch receptor.
Down
  1. 1. Deepest layer of the epidermal.
  2. 2. Conservation of core body heat results in the skin actually freezing.
  3. 4. A painful condition in children where bones are mis- shapen due to a lack of calcium, causing bow legged- ness.
  4. 6. A process where abnormal cells in the body divide uncontrollably.
  5. 8. Remove by cutting out.
  6. 10. Specialized cells that produce melanin which is a dark pigment responsible for colouration of skin and hair.
  7. 13. Fat cells.
  8. 14. Cells that manufacture and store the protein keratin.
  9. 16. The layer of skin that is made of dense, irregular connective tissue that houses blood vessels, hair follicles, sweat glands, and other structures.
  10. 17. Net like.
  11. 19. Production of cells that can mobilize and establish tumors in other organs of the body.
  12. 20. Fibrous tissue.
  13. 22. Loss of fluids/water is greater than what is taken in.
  14. 24. Literally means below the dermis. The layer of skin below the dermis that is composed mainly of loose connective and fatty tissues.
  15. 30. Pertaining to within the vein.
  16. 31. Cells that engulf and absorb bacteria and cell particles.
  17. 32. Collagen-rich skin formed after the process of wound healing that differs from normal skin.
  18. 33. tissue Fat tissue.