chapman_hamilton test skin

Question 0

14. What is the dermis?

Answer 0

The second layer of skin where the blood vessels are found. 026.clf skin

Question 1

4. Area of the body where the epidermis is the thickest is.

Answer 1

Palms of hands and soles of feet. 027. Skin questions

Question 2

15. What is a nerve?

Answer 2

Sensitive to touch, heat, cold, and pain. 026. Clf skin

Question 3

20. What is a hair follicle.

Answer 3

Where hair cells divide rapidly. 026. Clf skin

Question 4

22. What are the functions of skin.

Answer 4

Vitamin d, protects, gathers information , eliminates waste and maintains temapture.022. WSKT skin

Question 5

37. The independent variable in our experiment with the potato was.

Answer 5

Water temperature. 028. Lab

Question 6

38. Light skinned races such as Caucasians have

Answer 6

Approximately the same number of melanocytes than races with darker skin. 027. Skin questions

Question 7

40. The pigment melanin in the skin functions to

Answer 7

Helps protects the skin from sunburns.027. Skin questions

Question 8

45. Hair and nails are composed mainly of

Answer 8

Keratin. 024. Kaplan skin

Question 9

56. The responding variable in our experiment with the potato was.

Answer 9

The amount of enzyme activity. 028. Lab

Question 10

63. What is a thermometer.

Answer 10

Tells you your temperature. 28. Lab

Question 11

68. What are two fibers of the dermis.

Answer 11

Collagen and elastin. 26. Clf skin

Question 12

73. What is melanin

Answer 12

A colored substance that protect the skin from sunburn. 026. Clf skin.

Question 13

74. The hypodermics is made of what 4 types of tissue

Answer 13

Epithelial tissue. 11. WKST_-_Body_Organization_and_Homeostatis

Question 14

76. Describe how skin helps maintain body temperature if a person becomes too warm

Answer 14

Blood vessels in the skin enlarge to increase the amount of blood that flows through them. This allows heat to move from the body into the outside environment. Sweat gland in the produce perspiration. 028. Lab

Question 15

77. Describe the life cycle of epidermal cells

Answer 15

Epidermal cells begin life deep in the epidermis where cells divide to Form new cells. The new cells gradually mature and move upward in the epidermis as new cells from beneath them. About two weeks after they are formed, the cells die and become part of the surface layer of the epidermis. After another two weeks, dead cells in the surface layer are shed and replaced by the dead cells below. 024. Kaplan skin.