Integumentary System and Muscles Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• reticular : this layer of the dermis makes up 80% of dermal thickness and consists of coarse, dense fibrous connective tissue.
• melanoma : this type of skin cancer is the most dangerous type because it is highly metastatic and resistant to chemotherapy.
• spinosum : stratum _ : this layer of the epidermis is several cell layers thick where keratinocytes appear spikey.
• hypodermis : subcutaneous layer deep to skin. made mostly of adipose tissue.
• tactile : this cell of the epidermis is a sensory receptor.
• perimysium : fibrous connective tissue surrounding fascicles.
• melanocytes : spider-shaped cells located deep in the epidermis. these cells produce pigment melanin.
• carotene : this pigment that contributes to skin color creates a yellow to orange pigment and accumulates in the stratum corneum and hypodermis.
• squamous : _ cell carcinoma: this type of skin cancer involves the keratinocytes in the stratum spinosum and can metastasize.
• basale : stratum _ : this is the deepest of all epidermal layers and consists of a single row of stem cells.
• corneum : stratum _ : this layer of epidermis consists of twenty to thirty rows of flat, anucleated, keratinized dead cells.
• skeletal : voluntary muscle.
• epidermis : superficial region of the skin. consists of epithelial tissue and is avascular.
• smooth : involuntary muscle found in walls of hollow organs.
• basal : _ cell carcinoma: this type of skin cancer is the least malignant but most common. it is characterized by proliferating cells that slowly invade the dermis and hypodermis.
• melanin : this pigment that contributes to skin color is made from the amino acid tyrosine and is the only pigment made in the skin.
• third : _ degree burn: this type of burn involves the entire thickness of the skin where nerve endings are destroyed.
• integumentary : this body system consists of skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.
• lucidum : stratum _ : this layer of the epidermis consists of a thin, translucent band of two to three rows of clear, flat dead keratinocytes and is only found in thick skin.
• cardiac : muscle only found in the heart.