Exam 10: Skin

Cells in which layer are filled with a protein called eleidin?

Match each term with its description or definition. -Cup-shaped cluster of cells in the hair follicle

Heat production occurs in two ways: metabolism of food and absorption of heat from the environment.

The excretory function of the skin includes all of the following except:

The hair follicle serves as a primary location of adult stem cells for skin cells like melanocytes.

Thick skin and thin skin refer to the dermis and the epidermis.

The hypodermis:

The surface film that aids in the protective function of the skin is remarkably consistent from one part of the skin to another.

Because vitamin D is a compound that influences several important chemical reactions, it can also be classified as an enzyme.

The superficial outer layer of the epidermis is the stratum:

Match each term with its definition or description. -Also called the superficial fascia

Which of the following is not true of the hypodermis?

Sensory receptors are found in the epidermis.

Apocrine sweat glands are the most numerous and widespread sweat glands in the body.

Melanocytes account for approximately 55% of the epidermal cells.

The hair papilla consists of _____ tissue.

Surgical incisions that are made perpendicular to cleavage lines tend to heal with less of a scar.

Integument and integumentary system are interchangeable terms.

Terminal hair is the coarse pubic and axillary hair that develops at puberty.

Apocrine and eccrine glands are the two types of sebaceous glands.