ANP 1106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Small Intestine, Tubular Gland, Eccrine Sweat Gland

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1106
• Professor: Jackie Carnegie

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Reference point to describe body parts and position more accurately. Body erect, feet apart, palms forward, thumb pointing outwards. Vertical dividing body into left/right parts lateral /medial. Parasagital - all others that aren"t the middle. *oblique sections - cuts diagonally btw planes , hard to interpret. Enclosed by the skull and houses the brain b) Enclosed by and houses the spinal chord. Spinal chord is essentially a continuation of the brain. Surrounded by ribs and muscles of the chest. Superior abdominal cavity - stomach, intestines, spleen, liver. Inferior pelvic cavity - bladder, reproductive organs, rectum. Abdominopelvic cavity is separated into quadrants - we will use the 9. Physical trauma - abdominopelvic organs are more vulnerable. Pelvic organs receive somewhat more protection from pelvis. Melanosomes = granules formed by production of melanin. Transferred to sunny side of keratinocyte to shield nucleus from uv damage. Cells don"t fragment they flake off like shingles on a house: stratum lucidum.