What is organology?

; The field of biological science that specifically studies

groups of tissues that perform definite functions.
What are blood vessels?; Circulatory tubes that are for the passageway of blood.
What are the three layers of blood vessel walls?; Tunica adventitia/externa, tunica
media, and tunica intima/interna.
What is the endothelium?; The innermost layer of blood vessels that contains
elastic fibers and smooth muscles and lines the lumen, which is the central cavity
of the vessel.
What is the function of skin?; Mainly for protection.
What are the two main layers of skin?; Epidermis and dermis.
What is the stratum corneum?; The outermost or most superficial layer of the skin,
made up of squamous cells that undergo molting or ecdysis, which is the shedding
off of the skin.
What is the stratum germinativum/stratum Malpighi?; The layer of the epidermis that
contains mitotic columnar cells that are actively dividing, producing new cells,
and also where the chromatophores for pigmentation are located.
What is the function of the Stratum Malpighi?; It contains mitotic columnar cells
that are actively dividing, producing new cells.
What are the two sub-layers of the Dermis?; The two sub-layers of the Dermis are
Stratum laxum or Stratum spongiosum and Stratum compactum.
What is the function of the Stratum laxum or Stratum spongiosum?; It is a layer of
connective tissue.
What is the function of the Stratum compactum?; It is the innermost layer of the
frog's skin that has compact connective tissue fibers.
What is the function of the stomach?; The stomach is a J-shaped organ where partial
digestion of food takes place.
What is the function of the Small Intestine?; The Small Intestine is a long tube
for the final digestion of food and absorption of water.
What is the function of the Liver?; The Liver is the largest gland of the body.
What is the function of the blood vessels in the Liver?; The blood vessels are the
biggest among the spaces, with the function of carrying blood to and from the
liver.
What are the spaces called that separate the polygonal cells in the liver?;
Sinusoids or blood capillaries.
What is the largest space among the blood vessels in the liver?; Sinusoids.
What are the small cavities lined with cuboidal cells in the liver called?; Bile
ducts.
What are the thick-walled, small cavities in the liver called?; Arterioles.
What are the smallest cavities with fewer cuboidal cells in the liver called?; Bile
capillaries.
What are the irregular pinkish structures in the liver composed of?; Pigment
granules.
What is the main excretory organ in the body?; Kidney.
What is the function of the kidney?; To function as the disposal agent for
nitrogenous waste.
What is the shape of the kidney?; Bean-shaped.
What are the spaces in the kidney filled with cavities or spaces called?;
Mesonephric duct or Wolfian duct.
What is the space filled with red blood cells in the kidney called?; Renal Portal
Vein.
What are the cavities lined with cuboidal cells in the kidney called?; Uriniferous
Tubules.
What does Bowman's Capsule in the kidney contain?; A ball of capillaries called
glomerulus.
What are the gonads that function in the production of gametes or sex cells and sex
hormones called?; Reproductive organs.
What is the female gonad called?; Ovary.
What does the ovary contain?; Egg cells.
What are the female sex hormones produced by the ovary?; Estrogen and progesterone.
How is the ovary suspended in the body?; To the dorsal body wall by ligaments.
What is the female gonad responsible for?; The production of egg cells and female
sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone.
What is the mesovarium?; The mesentery that suspends the female gonad, the ovary,
to the dorsal body wall.
What are the two layers that cover the female gonad?; The outer layer, Theca
externa, and the inner layer, Theca interna.
What is the male gonad responsible for?; The production and development of the male
gametes, the sperm cells, and male hormones, testosterone.
What are the Leydig cells?; The interstitial cells in the male gonad responsible
for the production of male hormones.
What is the tunica albuginea?; The inner covering of the male gonad.
What are the seminiferous tubules?; The sites of spermatogenesis in the male gonad.
What is the mesorchium?; The mesentery that supports the male gonad, the testis.
What is the spinal cord?; The organ enclosed in the vertebral column that carries
messages from the brain to the different parts of the body and vice versa.
What is the canalis centralis?; The central canal in the spinal cord lined with
simple columnar epithelium, called ependymal cells.
What are the two layers that cover the spinal cord?; The outer layer, Dura mater,
and the inner layer, Pia mater.
What is the name of the outermost layer of the meninges?; Dura mater.
What is the name of the innermost layer of the meninges?; Pia mater.
What is the name of the outer part of the spinal cord that contains nerve fibers?;
White matter.
What is the name of the inner part of the spinal cord that contains nerve cells and
neuroglia cells?; Gray matter.
What is the name of the slender extensions in the dorsal part of the spinal cord?;
Dorsal horns.
What is the name of the broad extensions in the ventral part of the spinal cord?;
Ventral horns.
What is the name of the ventral fissure that is the broader surface with blood
vessels?; Ventral septum.
What is the name of the narrower dorsal fissure in the spinal cord?; Dorsal septum.