Layers of the skin

Question 1

What are the layers of the skin?

Answer 1

Epidermis.
Dermis.
HYpodermis.

Question 2

Which layer is most superficial?

Answer 2

Epidermis

Question 3

Which layer is in the middle?

Answer 3

Dermis

Question 4

Which layer is at the bottom with the adipose tissue?

Answer 4

HYpodermis (subcutaneous layer)

Question 5

What is the Epidermis made up from?

Answer 5

Keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium.

Question 6

What are the 5 layers of the epidermis from top to bottom?

Answer 6

Stratum corneum.
Stratum lucidum.
Stratum granulosum.
Stratum spinosum.
Stratum basale.

Question 7

What is most skin in the body referred to?

Answer 7

Thin skin.

Question 8

Where is thick skin found?

Answer 8

On the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.

Question 9

What is the name of the cells in all layers with the exception of the stratum basale?

Answer 9

Keratinocytes

Question 10

What do keratinocytes do?

Answer 10

They make and store the protein keratin.

Question 11

What is keratin and what does it do?

Answer 11

It makes hair, skin, and nails hard and provides water-resistant properties.

Question 12

What layer of skin houses blood vessels, nerves, and other structures?

Answer 12

The Dermis.

Question 13

What are the two layers of connective tissue in the dermis?

Answer 13

Papillary layer.

Reticular layer.

Question 14

Inside the papillary layer, what does the cell fibroblasts make?

Answer 14

Collagen.

Question 15

In which layer of the dermis would you find adipocytes and a small number of blood vessels?

Answer 15

Papillary layer.

Question 16

Which layer in the dermis contains phagocytes, lymphatic capillaries, nerve fibers, and touch receptors?

Answer 16

Papillary layer.

Question 17

Which layer in the dermis is deep and thicker and contains lots of blood vessels and a rich sensory and sympathetic nerve supply?

Answer 17

Reticular layer.

Question 18

What is the reticular layers meshwork of fibers made up of?

Answer 18

Elastin fibers and collagen fibers.

Question 19

Which skin layer connects to the underlying fascia?

Answer 19

Hypodermis.

Question 20

The hypodermis comprises blood vessels, loose areolar connective tissue, and what?

Answer 20

Adipose tissue.

Question 21

The colour of skin is influenced by?

Answer 21

Pigments.

Question 22

What cells produce melanin?

Answer 22

Melanocytes.

Question 23

What is the name of the cellular vessel that transfers melanin into the keratinocytes?

Answer 23

Melanosome.