MTTP 22

Question 1

Deep to the dermis; also called hypodermis or superficial fascia

Answer 1

Subcutaneous layer

Question 2

Muscles attached to hair follicles

Answer 2

Arrector Pili

Question 3

Three major skin glands:

Answer 3

Sebaceous
Sudoriferous
Ceruminous

Question 4

Oil glands; produce sebum into a duct connected to the hair follicle

Answer 4

Sebaceous glands

Question 5

Sweat glands; produce and secrete sweat or perspiration

Answer 5

Sudoriferous glands

Question 6

They are the most numerous type of sudoriferous gland

Answer 6

Eccrine glands

Question 7

These open into hair follicles and are larger than eccrine glands

Answer 7

Apocrine glands

Question 8

Fever, inflammation, increased physical activity, or hot flashes common during menopause can cause skin to redden; this reddening from vasodilation and increased blood flow

Answer 8

Hyperemia

Question 9

Blue or purple tinted skin

Answer 9

Cyanosis

Question 10

Pale or ashen skin

Answer 10

Pallor

Question 11

Decreased blood flow from vasoconstriction or other causes

Answer 11

Ischemia

Question 12

Largest and most viable part of the nail

Answer 12

Nail body

Question 13

Tactile corpuscles; located in the dermis beneath the epidermal-dermal junction and are abundant in hairless skin such as the fingertips, lips, eyelids, nipples, and genitals

Answer 13

Messiner Corpuscles

Question 14

Lamellar corpuscles; found deep in the dermis especially in the hands and feet, as well as in joint capsules

Answer 14

Pacini corpuscles

Question 15

Thin outer region of skin and is composed of epithelial tissue

Answer 15

Epidermis

Question 16

Constitutes for 90% of all cells in the epidermis

Answer 16

Keratinocytes

Question 17

Mesoderm; thick, deeper region, or “true skin”

Answer 17

Dermis