Tissue and skin

What tissue is used most often as a scaffold for bioengineered organs like the skin or bladder?

Collagen

Which tissue layer provides strength and organization to your quadricep muscles?

Connective

What type of cell is a stem cell?

undifferentiated cell

What is the main determinant of skin coloring?

Activity of melanocytes

A burn that involves both the epidermis and dermis would be called what?

2nd degree

What is the most common, but least deadly form of skin cancer?

Basal cell carcinoma

What is the basic function of epithelium?

Covering

Epithelial cells that appear square-shaped like in the kidneys are what type?

Cubical

Which layer of the skin is the strongest layer?

Dermis

Which type of gland helps in temperature regulation?

Eccrine gland

Which layer of the skin does not have a direct blood supply?

Epidermis

Which disease causes individuals to blister easily? (defect in basement membrane)

Epidermolytis bullosa

Which tissue layer would line the inside of your mouth

Epithelial

Which tissue type are most glands of the body derived from?

Epithelial

Which cell type makes the most abundant protein in the body?

Fibroblasts

What is the primary protein made by cells of the epidermis that provide shape and structure?

Keratin

What type of muscle would the bladder wall be made of?

Smooth muscle

Which type of epithelium is found covering surfaces exposed to abrasion and need

Squamous

Which type of epithelium might you find lining the inside of the bladder?

Stratified transitional

Which layer of the epidermis would you find the epidermal stem cells?

Stratum basale

Which side of an epithelial cell faces the surface or inside of a tube?

The acacias side