NRS414 Section 4

Question 1

What is the name of the system that includes skin, nails, hair follicles and glands

Answer 1

Integumentary

Question 2

Which vitamin is synthesised in the skin

Answer 2

Vitamin D

Question 3

What is the name of a substance responsible for darkening of skin in contact with sunlight

Answer 3

Melanin

Question 4

What is the name of the epithelial tissue that makes up the epidermis

Answer 4

Stratified squamous

Question 5

What is the layer of skin under the epidermis called

Answer 5

Dermis

Question 6

What is the name of the cell that produces melanin

Answer 6

Melanocytes

Question 7

Blood clotting is an example of a negative feedback system

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What type of joint is the hip joint

Answer 8

Ball and socket

Question 9

What is the name given to a move that decreases the angle of a joint

Answer 9

Flexion

Question 10

Which type of cell is responsible for bone formation

Answer 10

Osteoblasts

Question 11

What type of bone is a femur

Answer 11

Long bone

Question 12

What cells do red marrow produce

Answer 12

Red and white blood cells and platelets

Question 13

Which is not a core function of the skeletal system

Answer 13

Production of heat

Question 14

What type of muscle contracts quickly and relaxes quickly

Answer 14

Skeletal muscle

Question 15

Which type of muscle is multinucleated

Answer 15

Skeletal

Question 16

Tendons connect what

Answer 16

Muscle to bone

Question 17

The wave like motion that occurs in smooth muscle to move food in the oesophagus is called

Answer 17

Peristalsis

Question 18

What is the muscular system responsible for

Answer 18

Movement

Question 19

In wound healing what do fibroblasts produce

Answer 19

Collagen fibres

Question 20

What is the name given to building of muscle tissue

Answer 20

Hypertrophy