CH #6: Integumentary System

Question 1

Muscle associated with hair follicles

Answer 1

Arrector pili

Question 2

Glands in the ear canal that produce cerumen or ear wax

Answer 2

Ceruminous glands

Question 3

Another name 4 the skin

Answer 3

Cutaneous membrane

Question 4

Inner layer of the skin that contains the blood vessels, nerves, glands and hair follicles

Answer 4

Dermis

Question 5

Outermost layer of the skin

Answer 5

Epidermis

Question 6

Below the skin; a sheet of areolar connective tissue and adipose beneath the dermis of the skin

Answer 6

Hypodermis

Question 7

Process by which the cells of the epidermis become filled with keratin and move 2 the surface where they are sloughed off

Answer 7

Keratinization

Question 8

A dark brown or black pigment found in parts of the body, especially the hair and skin

Answer 8

Melanin

Question 9

Cells that produces dark or black pigment melanin

Answer 9

Melanocytes

Question 10

Oil glands of the skin that produce sebum or body oil

Answer 10

Sebaceous glands

Question 11

Oily secretion of the sebaceous glands

Answer 11

Sebum

Question 12

Another name 4 the dermis; a layer of the skin

Answer 12

Stratum corium

Question 13

Outermost layer of the epidermis; consists of flattened, dead, keratinized cells

Answer 13

Stratum corneum

Question 14

3 names for a sheet of areolar connective tissue and adipose tissue beneath the dermis of the skin

Answer 14

Subcutaneous layer

Hypodermis

Superficial fascia

Question 15

2 names 4 glands of the skin that produce perspiration

Answer 15

Sudoriferous glands

Sweat glands