Integumentary System(Hair, Nails, and Sweat Glands)

Question 1

Hair

Answer 1

Hair is a keratinous filament growing out of the epidermis. It is primarily made of dead, keratinized cells.

Question 2

Follicle

Answer 2

The rest of the hair, which is anchored in the follicle, lies below the surface of the skin

Question 3

shaft

Answer 3

The hair shaft is the part of the hair not anchored to the follicle, and much of this is exposed at the skin’s surface

Question 4

Root

Answer 4

The hair root ends deep in the dermis

Question 5

Nails

Answer 5

The nail body is formed on the nail bed, and protects the tips of our fingers and toes as they are the farthest extremities and the parts of the body that experience the maximum mechanical

Question 6

Free edge

Answer 6

That extends past the flesh of the finger or toe.

Question 7

Cuticle

Answer 7

The cuticle is a layer of clear skin located along the bottom edge of your finger
The cuticle function is to protect new nails from bacteria when they grow out from the nail root.

Question 8

Nail root

Answer 8

The area under the cuticle, the hidden part of the nail unit where growth takes place

Question 9

Sweat Glands

Answer 9

When the body becomes warm, sudoriferous glands produce sweat to cool the body

Question 10

Pores

Answer 10

Sweat passes through the pores and cools the body down

Question 11

Eccrine

Answer 11

any of the rather small sweat glands that discharge an odorless watery fluid onto the surface of the skin,

Question 12

Apocrine

Answer 12

The apical portion of the secretory cell of the gland pinches off and enters the lumen