kinney_maggie Test:Skin

Question 0

25. For a cell to move to move from the basal layer to top layer of top layer of the epidermis takes approximately…?

Answer 0

2 weeks

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Question 1

10. What are is the gland that is attached to the hair follicle?

Answer 1

the sebaceous gland

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Question 2

31. The responding variable in our experiment with the potato was…?

Answer 2

the amount of enzyme activity

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Question 3

47. You have a new epidermis after…?

Answer 3

three to five weeks

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Question 4

57. Hair and nails are composed mainly of…?

Answer 4

Keratin

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Question 5

70. Fat is one type of ________ tissue.

Answer 5

connective

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Question 6

76. Describe how skin helps maintain body temperature if a person becomes too warm.

Answer 6

Blood vessels in the skin enlarge to increase the amount of blood that flows through them. This allows heat from the body into the outside environment. Sweat glands in the skin produce perspiration. As perspiration evaporates, it carries heat into the air. Hair lies flat.
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Question 7

77. Describe the life cycle of epidermal cells.

Answer 7

Epidermal cells begin life deep in the epidermis where cells divide to form new cells. The new cells gradually mature and move upward in the epidermis. After another two weeks, dead cells in the surface layer shed and are replaced by the dead cells below.
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