A&P Integumentary Terms

Question 1

Sweat glands; may be eccrine or apocrine

Answer 1

Sudoriferous glands

Question 2

Receptors in the skin that detect temperature and pain

Answer 2

Free nerve endings

Question 3

Most common type of sweat glands; ducts carry sweat to pores on the skin surface

Answer 3

Eccrine sweat glands

Question 4

Skin excretion composed of urea, uric acid, ammonia, and lactic acid

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Sweat

Question 5

Membranes that line the fibrous capsules surrounding joints, burase, and tendon sheaths; secrete lubricating fluid

Answer 5

Synovial membranes

Question 6

Oil produced by sebaceous glands; skin and hair lubricant and contains anti-bacterial substances

Answer 6

Sebum

Question 7

Deep layer of the skin composed of the papillary and reticular layers

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Dermis

Question 8

Superficial skin layer composed of stratified squamous epithelium

Answer 8

Epidermis

Question 9

Touch receptors

Answer 9

Meissner’s corpuscles

Question 10

A fibrous glycoprotein in the dermis that provides elasticity

Answer 10

Elastin

Question 11

Sheets of hardened keratinocytes that reinforce and protect the distal ends of fingers and toes

Answer 11

Nails

Question 12

Deep to the dermis; holds skin to underlying tissue and stores fat

Answer 12

Hypodermis

Question 13

Serous membrane layer that lines the inside wall of the cavity

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Parietal layer

Question 14

Cells that make up of 90% of the epidermis; produce and store the protein keratin

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Keratinocytes

Question 15

Tightly packed keratinocytes that grow from the root in a hair follicle; protect the skin from UV radiation

Answer 15

Hair

Question 16

Sheath in the dermis from which hair grows

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Hair follicle

Question 17

Wet membranes that line body cavities that open to the exterior; often adapted for absorption or secretion

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Mucous membranes

Question 18

Superficial layer of the dermis that borders the epidermis; contains dermal papillae, capillary loops, pain, and touch receptors

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Papillary layer

Question 19

Cells in the lower layer of the epidermis that produce the pigment melanin

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Melanocytes

Question 20

Protein that makes cells tough, scaly, and water resistant

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Keratin

Question 21

Deep layer of the dermis that contain blood vessels, sweat & oil glands, deep pressure receptors, and phagocytes

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Reticular layer

Question 22

Projections that hold the epidermis and dermis together

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Dermal papillae

Question 23

Serous membrane layer that covers the outside of an organ

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Visceral layer

Question 24

Membranes that line body cavities that are closed to the exterior; occur in pairs; secrete serous fluid

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Serous membranes

Question 25

Type of sweat that is concentrated in axillary and genital areas; produce sweat that contains fatty acids and proteins; begin to function at puberty

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Apocrine sweat glands

Question 26

Pigment that gives skin its color; protect skin from UV radiation

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Melanin

Question 27

Small bands of smooth muscle that connect hair follicles to the dermis; contraction pulls the hair upright and causes bumps on the skin’s surface

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Arrector pili

Question 28

Protein in the dermis that gives toughness and hydration to the skin

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Collagen

Question 29

The skin; superficial epidermis

Answer 29

Cutaneous membrane

Question 30

Deep pressure receptors

Answer 30

Pacinian corpuscles

Question 31

Glands that produce sebum; ducts empty into hair follicles; activated at puberty

Answer 31

Sebaceous glands