ANAT 260 WCU Week 2 Latest Update 2025-2026 165 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
4 types of membranes - CORRECT ANSWER: Mucous
Serous Cutaneous Synovial
Accessory Structures - CORRECT ANSWER: Hair follicles
Exocrine glands Nails
Accessory Structures include - CORRECT ANSWER: Hair follicles
Sebaceous glands Sweat glands Nails
Adipose Tissue (loose fiber) - CORRECT ANSWER: -Location
Hypodermis Buttocks, surrounds organs -Function Cushion Insulation -Matrix Fibers Comes in two types: white and brown adipose 1 / 3
fat provides energy, cushion & insulation adipose typically under areolar tissue
Apocrine secretion - CORRECT ANSWER: Shedding of the apical portion of the cell
Found in mammary glands make substances, the entire top of the cell breaks off and becomes part of the secretion. Breast milk example
Apocrine sweat glands - CORRECT ANSWER: High concentration in the axillary, anal, genital regions Produce an odorous secretion (musky odor; "BO") Secretions may contain pheromones Post-puberty males/females have these secretions (may function in mate selection) Mechanism of secretion is merocrine
Areolar tissue (loose fiber) - CORRECT ANSWER: -Location
Deep dermis Between muscles, around blood vessels, around nerves -Function Connects skin to muscle Provides minimal support but independent movement -Matrix Fibers sort of packages everything in the body. on all major structures and organs under all epithelial tissues functions with the epitheliam because it is vascular and epitheliam is avascular
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arrector pili muscles - CORRECT ANSWER: Results in goose bumps
Blood Supply to the Skin - CORRECT ANSWER: Arteries and veins form the cutaneous plexus Smaller blood vessels form the subpapillary plexus Function Thermoregulation Blood flow to the skin is regulated to help maintain constant flow to other tissues of the body
Bone - CORRECT ANSWER: Solid matrix made of calcium phosphate
Cells reside in lacunae _Location Skeletal system Function Support and strength Matrix Solid (lamellae)
Bone (details) - CORRECT ANSWER: Made of osteons
Osteons consist of:
Central canal Osteocytes Lacunae Canaliculi Matrix of lamellae
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