Layers Of Skin Integumentary System
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- 1.Made up of the membrane sheet called integument
- A.
Dermis
- B.
Integumentary System
- C.
Epidermal layer
- D.
Stratum germinativum
- 2.What are the appendages of the Integumentary system?
- A.
Hair, nails, skin glands
- B.
Hair, eye color, nails
- C.
Nails, skin color, hair
- D.
Legs, arms, toes
- 3.What are the two layers of the skin
- A.
Stratum Germinativum
- B.
Stratum spinosum
- C.
Dermis and Epidermis
- D.
Stratum basale
- 4.The Epidermis is the deepest layer and made mostly of connective tissue
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The dermis is the outermost and made of stratified squamous cells
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Check all that apply. The subcutaneous layer is
- A.
Found under the dermal layer
- B.
Allows skin repair
- C.
Made mostly of loose connective tissue and fat.
- D.
Insulates
- E.
Stores energy
- F.
Absorbs shock
- 7.What are the 5 epidermal layers?
- A.
Epidermis
- B.
Stratum germinativum
- C.
Stratum spinosum
- D.
Dermis
- E.
Stratum granulosum
- F.
Lanugo
- G.
Stratum lucidum
- H.
Stratum corneum
- 8.What epidermal layer undergoes mitosis, allows skin repair, maintains an effective barrier?
- A.
Stratum spinosum
- B.
Stratum lucidum
- C.
Stratum corneum
- D.
Stratum germinativum
- 9.When new cells are made, they begin to move toward the surface.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.What do malanocytes do?
- A.
Repairs skin
- B.
Turn your skin a bluish gray color
- C.
Produces pigment
- D.
Waterproofs skin
- 11.As new cells move toward the surface their cytoplasm is replaced with the protein keratin.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Keratin is a material that allows your skin to soak up water.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.What is stratum lucidum?
- A.
Clear layer that covers granulosum
- B.
Outer most layer
- C.
Pigment producing cell
- D.
Cyanosis
- 14.What is startum corneum?
- A.
Dermal-Epidermal layer
- B.
Outer most layer
- C.
Cyanosis
- D.
Clear layer that covers granulosum
- 15.You get new skin every 15-30 days
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Cyanosis is the increase in blood flow, skin turns a bluish gray color
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.What is the epidermis held together by?
- A.
Scotch tape
- B.
Glue
- C.
Keratin
- D.
Desmosomes
- 18.Deeper of the two layers, and much thicker. This layer has mostly connective tissue scattered far apart with many fibers in between.
- A.
Epidermis
- B.
Stratum granulosum
- C.
Dermis
- D.
Stratum corneum
- 19.What are the two types of fibers of the Integumentary System?
- A.
Elastic fibers
- B.
Cyanosis
- C.
White fibrous
- D.
Cotton fibers
- 20.Found in the upper dermis, looks like parallel rows. It binds skin layers together and forms ridges and grooves of fingerprints
- A.
Dermal papillae
- B.
Epidermis layer
- C.
Dermis
- D.
White fibrous
- 21.You have the same fingerprints now as to when you were a baby.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.When does hair growth begin?
- A.
When you are born
- B.
Cells of epidermis grow down into the dermis creating follicles
- C.
When it is nourished by blood vessels
- D.
When the arrector pilli muscle is stimulated
- 23.Nails are an accessory organ
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Forms when epidermal cells fill with keratin and become hard.
- A.
Sweat
- B.
Hair
- C.
Nails
- D.
Milky substance
- 25.What is a lanula?
- A.
Another name for the moon
- B.
I don't know
- C.
Whitish color of the nail
- D.
The visible part of the nail
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