Huffaker Mary_V test skin 22 corrections

Question 0

#5
Skin is made up of which tissue?

Answer 0

Nervous,connective, and epithelial

Pg 24, Kaplan Skin

Question 1

#4
Where is the area of the body where the epidermis is thickest?

Answer 1

Palms of hands and soles of feet

Pg 23, skin brainpop notes

Question 2

#17
The lower most layer of skin is?

Answer 2

Hypodermis

Pg 26, CLF skin

Question 3

#20 
The thing that grow out of a hair follicle is?

Answer 3

Hair

Pg 26, CLF skin

Question 4

#22
What is a primary function of the skin?

Answer 4

Temperature regulation,response to stimuli,and protection

Pg 22, WSKT skin

Question 5

#23
What is a function of the fibers of the dermis?

Answer 5

Structure, immunization, and strength

Pg 24, Kaplan skin

Question 6

#27
Catalase is a what?

Answer 6

Catalyst, hydrogen peroxidase, protein and enzyme.

Pg 28, temperature lab

Question 7

#30
When the arecctor  pili muscles contract what happens?

Answer 7

The hair shaft curls and merges into the skin and goose bumps appear

Textbook skin, 882

Question 8

#31
The protein that helps protect the skin is?

Answer 8

Keratin

Textbook skin, hair and nails, 893

Question 9

#37
The independent Variable in our experiment was what?

Answer 9

The temperature of the water

Pg 28, lab temperature

Question 10

#38
Light skinned races such as Caucasian have what?

Answer 10

The same amount of of melanocytes as darker skinned people

Pg. 27, skin questions

Question 11

#45
Hair and nails are composed of what?

Answer 11

Keratin

Textbook skin, pg. 890,

Question 12

#49
Area of the body where touch receptors are most abundant on the what?

Answer 12

Tongues,lips, hands, and feet

Pg 27, skin questions

Question 13

#51
The dependent variable in our experiment is illustrated by the what?

Answer 13

The height of bubbles.

Pg 28, lab temperature

Question 14

#54
As people age their bodies stop making elastin. This leads to what?

Answer 14

Wrinkles and sagging skin

Pg 23, brainpop notes

Question 15

#56
The responding variable in our experiment with the potato was the what?

Answer 15

Enzyme activity

Pg 28, lab temperature

Question 16

#60
The forehead, eyelid,and the shin are missing which layer of skin?

Answer 16

Subcutaneous tissue

Pg 23, skin brainpop notes

Question 17

#65
The independent variable is the what variable?

Answer 17

Manipulated variable

Pg 28, lab temperature

Question 18

#71
Skin cells produce what that helps the digestive system absorb calcium?

Answer 18

Vitamin D

Pg 23, skin brainpop notes

Question 19

#74
Fat is one type of what tissue?

Answer 19

Connective

Pg 23, brainpop notes

Question 20

#76
Describe how skin helps maintain body tempature if a person becomes too warm

Answer 20

If a person becomes to warm then sweat gland will produce sweat that emerges from pores onto your skin. The sweat will evaporate and that cools your body down. Also your hair lies flat so that is less heat to keep insulated

Pg. 17, homeostasis

Question 21

#77
Describe life style of epidermal cells

Answer 21

Epidermal cells began life deep in the epidermis. The cells live for around two weeks, then they die and move to the top of the epidermis. They then fall and the dead cells below move up. It takes 3 to 5 week to get a whole new layer of epidermis.

Pg. 23,brainpop notes