Milady Advanced Esthetics Chapter 3: Histology of the Cell & Skin
What is vimentin?
Intermediate filament found in fibroblasts
What is a protein in a muscle fiber that, together with myocin, is responsible for contraction and relaxation?
actin
What is the process that requires expenditure of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) energy to move molecules across a cell membrane?
active transport
What are junctions that provide strong mechanical attachments between adjacent cells?
adheren junctions
What organic acids from the building blocks of proteins?
amino acids
What is cholesterol?
complex carbohydrate in the dermis
What is the scientific name for chlorine bleach?
hypochlorous acid
Where is the body is type V collagen found?
interstitial tissue
What is an enzyme capable of dissolving and digesting many types of biochemicals?
lysozyme
What is a layer of the ectoderm germ layer that provides most of that central nervous system?
neural tube
That term refers to a cell capable of multiple divisions?
stem cell
What cells are also known as 'mother cells'?
stem cells
How many types of collagen are there?
11
What is a complex process that reproduces the critical information in each cell for proper functioning and reproduction?
DNA synthesis
What does the term 'efferent' mean?
Leading or conveying away from some organ
What are circular or ovoid structures with a distinct connective tissue capsule that can transmit touch, pressure, and cold?
Meissner's corpuscles
What is a process that uses oxygen in the killing action of neutrophils?
Respiratory burst
What is superoxide?
Unstable, reactive single oxygen atom
What is a zygote?
a diploid cell produced by the fusion of an egg and sperm
What term refers to the system that controls involuntary functions of the circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, and digestive systems?
automatic nervous system
What is a protein important in stabilizing cell adherence to avoid abnormal spread of sells?
catentin
What are organelles found?
cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells
What cranial nerve is the maxillary nerve a branch of?
fifth
What are nerve endings in the skin without myelin sheaths?
free nerve terminals
What it apoptosis?
genetically determined cell death
What are cells that serve as managers and direct the immune response?
helper T cells
What is the study of tiny structures found in living tissues?
histology
What is a protein that initiates part of the cellular division known as mitosis?
maturation promoting factor
What is a phospholipid bilayer in living organisms that is impregnated with protein and certain other compounds and is differentially permeable?
membrane
What are cells that are programmed to recognize and respond to a pathogen once it had invaded and been repelled?
memory T cells
What is the fatty material forming the medullary sheath of nerve fibers?
myelin
What is the basic unit of the nervous system, consisting of a cell body, a nucleus, dendrites, and an axon?
neuron
What is a region of actual fusion of cell membranes between two adjacent cells?
tight junction
What type of collagen is found in skin, bone, and tendon?
type I
What are membrane-bound compartments within some eukaryotic cells that can serve a variety of secretory, excretory, and storage functions?
vacuoles
