Sensory Organs

Question 1

adipocyte

Answer 1

fat cell

Question 2

albino

Answer 2

person with skin deficient in pigment (melanin)

Question 3

apocrine sweat gland

Answer 3

largest gland, secretes sweat

Question 4

basal layer

Answer 4

deepest layer of the epidermis

Question 5

collagen

Answer 5

structural protein

Question 6

cuticle

Answer 6

band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate

Question 7

dermis

Answer 7

middle layer of the skin

Question 8

eccrine sweat gland

Answer 8

more numerous sweat-glands

Question 9

epidermis

Answer 9

outermost layer of the skin

Question 10

epithelium

Answer 10

layer of skin cells forming the outer and inner surfaces of the body

Question 11

hair follicle

Answer 11

sac within each hair grows

Question 12

integumentary system

Answer 12

skin and accessory organs

Question 13

keratin

Answer 13

hard protein, found in hair skin and nails

Question 14

lunula

Answer 14

half-moon shaped, whitest area at the base of the nail.

Question 15

melanin

Answer 15

skin pigment

Question 16

paronychium

Answer 16

soft tissue surrounding the nail border

Question 17

pore

Answer 17

tiny opening in the surface of the skin

Question 18

sebaceous glad

Answer 18

oil-secreting glad in the dermis of the skin

Question 19

sebum

Answer 19

oil

Question 20

squamous epithelium

Answer 20

flat, scaley like cells, composing the epidermis

Question 21

stratified

Answer 21

layers

Question 22

straum

Answer 22

a layer

Question 23

stratum corneum

Answer 23

outer most layer of the epidermis

Question 24

subcuraneous layer

Answer 24

deepest layer of the skin

Question 25

adip/o

Answer 25

fat

Question 26

caus/o

Answer 26

burn

Question 27

caunter/o

Answer 27

heat, burn

Question 28

cutane/o

Answer 28

skin

Question 29

derm/o, dermat/o

Answer 29

skin

Question 30

diaphor/o

Answer 30

profuse sweating

Question 31

erythem/o, erythemt/o

Answer 31

redness