Ch. 4 Skin And Body Membranes

Question 1

Moist epithelial that lines all the body cavities that are open to the exterior EX( nasal cavity, mouth)

Answer 1

Mucous membrane

Question 2

Serous membrane that surrounds the heart

Answer 2

Pericardium

Question 3

What is the function of serous fluid

Answer 3

Allows the organs to slide easily across the cavity walls and one another without friction as they carry out their function

Question 4

The connective tissue membrane is the

Answer 4

Synovial membrane

Question 5

The only dry membrane is the

Answer 5

Cutaneous membrane

Question 6

Where are the synovial membranes found?

Answer 6

Lining the joints

Question 7

What is included in the integumentary system?

Answer 7

Your skin, sweat and oil glands, hair, and nails

Question 8

List the functions of the skin

Answer 8

Keeps water and other molecules in or out of the body, protection, insulates and cushions, convers modified epidermal cholesterol to vitamin D

Question 9

What is a tough protein in the skin that prevents the skin from soaking up water?

Answer 9

Keratin

Question 10

The two main layers of the skin

Answer 10

Epidermis and dermis

Question 11

List the order of the dermis from the outside/in

Answer 11

Stratum corneum, lucidum, granulosum and spinosum, basale

Question 12

What layer of the skin is full of keratin?

Answer 12

The outer most layer

Question 13

What happens when melanin is exposed to the sun?

Answer 13

Tanning occurs

Question 14

How are nutrients carried to the epidermis?

Answer 14

Diffusion from the dermis

Question 15

The arrector pili creates blank to keep us warm

Answer 15

Goosebumps

Question 16

List the reasons why we sweat

Answer 16

There is an increase in the temperature inside the body or in the air

Question 17

List the parts of the hair

Answer 17

Hair follicle, root, shaft, medulla, cuticle, cortex

Question 18

What are the two life threatening affects from a burn?

Answer 18

Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance ,and infection

Question 19

Explain the Rule of Nines

Answer 19

The volume of fluid lost can be estimated indirectly by determining how much of the body surface is burned

Question 20

List the signs of melanoma

Answer 20

ABCD

Asymmetry, border irregularity, color, and diameter

Question 21

What are the functions of sebum?

Answer 21

Lubricates the skin to keep it moist and soft, prevents the hair from becoming brittle, contains chemicals that kill bacteria, oily during adolescence

Question 22

When does male pattern baldness occur?

Answer 22

As they age

Question 23

The dermis contains mostly

Answer 23

Dense connective tissue

Question 24

How does the skin get its pinkish hue?

Answer 24

Oxygen rich hemoglobin

Question 25

What produces fingerprints

Answer 25

Dermal papilae patterns

Question 26

List the 3 types of burns and their appearances

Answer 26

First-degree: sunburn, the epidermis
Second-degree: blisters appear, the epidermis and the upper region of the dermis
Third-degree: the entire thickness of the skin, all three layers

Question 27

What is the overproduction of skin cells causing dry, silvery scales?

Answer 27

Psoriasis

Question 28

What is a staphylococcus material infection causing water-filled lesions around the mouth and nose?

Answer 28

Impetigo

Question 29

When skin is exposed to chemicals that promote itching, swelling, and redness of the skin its called

Answer 29

Contact Dermatitis

Question 30

Malignancy of the lowest epidermal layer is called

Answer 30

Basale Cell Carcinoma

Question 31

The overactivity of sebaceous glands that result in dandruff is

Answer 31

Seborrhea

Question 32

Another name for bedsores are

Answer 32

Decubitus Ulcers

Question 33

A burn in which only the epidermis is red and swollen is known as a

Answer 33

First-degree burn

Question 34

Cancer of the stratum spinosum cell is

Answer 34

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 35

A fungus infection between the toes is know as

Answer 35

Athletes foot

Question 36

Cancer of melanocytes is known as

Answer 36

Malignant Melanoma

Question 37

An abnormal skin color that results from a liver disorder is known as

Answer 37

Jaundice

Question 38

Small, fluid filled blisters that itch and sting, usually caused by herpes simplex infection ( fever blisters)

Answer 38

Cold sores

Question 39

Lines the lungs

Answer 39

Pleura

Question 40

Lines the abdominal cavity organs

Answer 40

Peritoneum