Epidermis

Question 0

About 90% of epidermal cells are

Answer 0

Keratinocytes

Question 1

Epidermis is composed of

Answer 1

Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium

Question 2

Keratinocytes

Answer 2

Are the predominant cell in the epidermis.

Question 3

Keratin

Answer 3

A tough fibrous protein that helps protect the skin and underlying tissues from abrasions, heat, microbes and chemicals

Question 4

How many strata or layers in most regions of the body

Answer 4

4

Question 5

The epidermis has four strata or layers called

Answer 5

Thin skin

Question 6

Where exposure to friction is greatest the epidermis has

Answer 6

Five layers

Question 7

When the epidermis has five layers called

Answer 7

Thick skin

Question 8

Layers of thick skin from superficial to deepest

Answer 8

(Come Let’s Get Sun Burn). (thick) stratum Corneum, stratum Lucidum, stratum Granulosum, stratum Spinosum, stratum Basale.

Question 9

Stratum Lucidum is present in

Answer 9

Thick skin

Question 10

Which layer consist on average of 25 to 30 layers of flattened dead keratinocytes?

Answer 10

Stratum Corneum

Question 11

Keratinization

Answer 11

When cells move from one epidermal layer to the next they accumulate more and more keratin.

Question 12

In four to six weeks or about a month the cells form

Answer 12

Stratum Basale, rise to the surface, become keratinized and slough off.