Deck 3

Question 0

What does cornified mean?

Answer 0

Hardened

Question 1

What does integument mean?

Answer 1

“Covering”

Question 2

The uppermost layer of the skin is full of:

Answer 2

Keratin

Question 3

These tiny sensors, which include touch, pressure, temperature and pain receptors, provide us with a great deal of information about our external environment

Answer 3

Cutaneous sensory receptors

Question 4

True or False:

The [epidermis] is made up of stratified squamous epithelium (SSE) that is capable of karatinizing, or becoming hard and tough.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False:

The underlying [dermis] is made up mostly of dense connective tissue. (DCT)

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False:

Deep to the dermis is the subcutaneous tissue or [dermis], which is essentially adipose tissue.

Answer 6

False; hypodermis

Question 7

The epidermis is composed of up to 5 layers or strata (“bed sheets”). From the inside out these are the:

Answer 7

1. Stratum Basale (stra-tum / bay-zool)
2. Stratum Spinosum (speen-oh-sum)
3. Stratum Granulosum (gran-you-loe-sum)
4. Stratum Lucidum (lucy-dum)
5. Stratum Corneum (cor-neum)

Question 8

True or False:

Like all other epithelial tissues, the epidermis is [dead] meaning it has no blood supply of its own.

Answer 8

False; avascular

Question 9

True or False:

Most cells of the body are [keratinocytes] (keratin cells) which produce keratin.

Answer 9

True