Overview Of Integumentary System

Question 1

What is the Integumentary system composed of?

Answer 1

The skin and its accessory organs: sweat glands, hair, nails, and sebaceous glands.

Question 2

Skin is divided into how many layers?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

What are the names of the skin’s layers

Answer 3

Epidermis, Dermis, subcutaneous tissue

Question 4

What are the two types of skin glands?

Answer 4

Sebacous and sudorferous glands

Question 5

What does hair do?

Answer 5

Helps in body temperature regulation

Question 6

What are nails?

Answer 6

An accessory organ that covers and protects each digit and serves as a tool.

Question 7

What is the primary function of the integumentary system?

Answer 7

To protect the body from external factors. Protective functions include: protection, housing of nerve receptors, secretion of fluids, and temp regulation.

Question 8

Root: derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o

Answer 8

Skin

Question 9

Root: Hidr/o, ird/o

Answer 9

Sweat

Question 10

Root: hirsut/o, trich/o

Answer 10

Hair

Question 11

Melan/o

Answer 11

Dark, black, melanin

Question 12

Myc/o

Answer 12

Fungus

Question 13

Root: nerc/o

Answer 13

Dead, death

Question 14

Root: onych/o, ungu/o

Answer 14

Nail

Question 15

Prefix: pachy

Answer 15

Thick

Question 16

Root: rhytid/o

Answer 16

Wrinkles

Question 17

Root: seb/o

Answer 17

Sebum, sebaceous gland, oil gland

Question 18

Root: staphyl/o

Answer 18

Grape-like, clusters, also refers to the uvula

Question 19

Root: strept/o

Answer 19

Twisted chains or strips

Question 20

Root: xer/o

Answer 20

Dry

Question 21

Prefix: epi

Answer 21

Above, upon

Question 22

Prefix: sclero

Answer 22

Hand, tough

Question 23

Prefix: sub

Answer 23

Under, below

Question 24

Prefix: dys

Answer 24

Difficult, painful, abnormal, labored

Question 25

Prefix: hyper

Answer 25

Above, excessive

Question 26

Prefix: hypo

Answer 26

Deficient, below, under, incomplete

Question 27

Prefix: intra

Answer 27

Within, in

Question 28

Prefix: meta

Answer 28

Changed, beyond, after

Question 29

Prefix: neo

Answer 29

New

Question 30

Prefix: para

Answer 30

Beside, around, beyond, abnormal

Question 31

Prefix: a

Answer 31

Absence of, meaning

Question 32

Prefix: bi

Answer 32

Two or both

Question 33

Prefix: dia

Answer 33

through, complete

Question 34

Prefix: per

Answer 34

through

Question 35

Prefix: pro

Answer 35

before or in front of

Question 36

Prefix: trans

Answer 36

through, across, beyond

Question 37

Prefix: uni

Answer 37

one