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