Integumentary System Terms List 2

Question 1

Dermis

Answer 1

Inner later of the two main laters of the skin

Question 2

Papillary layer

Answer 2

Top layer of dermis

Question 3

Reticular layer

Answer 3

Thick bottom layer of the dermis

Question 4

Dermal vascular plexus

Answer 4

Defines border between the reticular dermis and the subcutaneous fat

Question 5

Hair follicle

Answer 5

Tube like structure that surrounds the root and strand of a hair

Question 6

Arrector pile music

Answer 6

Tiny muscle that attaches to base of a hair follicle at one end and to tissue dermal on the other end

Question 7

Sebaceous gland

Answer 7

Microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter

Question 8

Apocrine sweat gland

Answer 8

Sweat glands

Question 9

Lamented corpuscle

Answer 9

Small oval bodies that are sensitive to pressure, found in the skin

Question 10

Free nerve ending

Answer 10

Unencapsulated and have no complex sensory structures

Question 11

Hypodermis

Answer 11

Bottom layer of skin