Health Assessment #2 - Skin, Hair, and Nails; Head, Face, and Neck

Question 1

Skin

thin but tough, a rugged protective barrier, outer most layer

Answer 1

epidermis

Question 2

Skin

inner supportive layer consisting mostly of connective tissue or collagen

Answer 2

dermis

Question 3

Skin

adipose tissue, lobules of fat cells

Answer 3

subcutaneous tissue

Question 4

Skin

_______: thin but tough, a rugged protective barrier, outer most layer

_______: inner supportive layer consisting mostly of connective tissue or collagen

_______: adipose tissue, lobules of fat cells

Answer 4

Epidermis: thin but tough, a rugged protective barrier, outer most layer

Dermis: inner supportive layer consisting mostly of connective tissue or collagen

Subcutaneous Tissue: adipose tissue, lobules of fat cells

Question 5

Function of the skin:

______ : skin minimizes injury from physical, chemical, thermal and light-wave sources

Answer 5

protection

Question 6

Function of the skin:

______ : skin is a barrier that stops invasion of microbes and loss of water from within the body

Answer 6

prevents penetration

Question 7

Function of the skin:

______ : has a vast sensory surface holding the neurosensory end-organs for touch, pain, temp, and pressure

Answer 7

perception

Question 8

Function of the skin:

______ : skin allows heat dissipation through sweat glands

Answer 8

temperature regulation

Question 9

Function of the skin:

______ : can identify through unique facial characteristics, hair, color, and fingerprints

Answer 9

identification

Question 10

Function of the skin:

______ : emotions are expressed in the sign language of the face and body

Answer 10

communication

Question 11

Function of the skin:

______ : allows excretions of metabolic wastes, sugars, uric acid, etc.

Answer 11

absorption

Question 12

Function of the skin:

______ : turns cholesterol into Vitamin D

Answer 12

production of vitamin D

Question 13

Hair

No longer needed for protection, mostly used for _______.

Answer 13

cosmetics

Question 14

Hair

Hairs are threads of ______.

Answer 14

keratin

Question 15

Types of Hairs

Fine and faint, covers most of the body except the palms, soles, umbilicus, glans penis, and inside the labia

Answer 15

Vellus

Question 16

Types of Hairs

Darker, thicker hair that grows on the scalp and eyebrows, and after puberty, on the axillae, pubic area and face and chest of a male.

Answer 16

Terminal

Question 17

Nails are hard plates of ______.

Answer 17

keratin