Anatomy & Physiology

Question 1

tiny muscle responsible for lifting the hair and goosebumps

Answer 1

Arrector pilli

Question 2

Gives the hair strength & elasticity, gives hair its color

Answer 2

Cortex

Question 3

Protects the inner layers of the hair

Answer 3

Cuticle

Question 4

The hairs active growing phase, hair follicle is at its deepest

Answer 4

Anagen

Question 5

Hair follicle separates from the dermal papilla, shortest hair growth phase.

Answer 5

Catagen

Question 6

Resting phase of the hair growth phase. hair is released completely

Answer 6

Telogen

Question 7

Glands in the axillae and groin that secrete sweat and substances that produce order when contaminated with bacteria

Answer 7

Apocrine

Question 8

Hair that lost its root structure

Answer 8

Club hair

Question 9

Glands throughout the skin that excrete mainly water & salt.

Answer 9

Eccrine

Question 10

The skin and its accessory organs, such as sebaceous & sweat glands, sensory receptors, hair & nails.

Answer 10

Integumentary system

Question 11

cells found in the epidermis that warn against the invasion of microorganisms and respond to that invasion

Answer 11

Langerhans cells

Question 12

nerve endings in the skin sensitive to touch

Answer 12

Meissner’s corpuscles

Question 13

entire hair appendage, including the sebaceous gland and the arrector pili muscle

Answer 13

Pilosebaceous unit

Question 14

Diabetes prior to early adulthood

Answer 14

Diabetes type 1

Question 15

Diabetes developed later on in life

Answer 15

Diabetes type 2

Question 16

The condition in which EXCESS production of cortisol in the adrenal gland.

Answer 16

Cushings Syndrome

Question 17

Carry impulses from nerves centers to the muscles.

Answer 17

Efferent nerves

Question 18

Hormone you can’t live without. Plays an important role in the body’s control of metabolism

Answer 18

T3

Question 19

Hardening or thickening of the skin

Answer 19

Scleroderma