Skin

Question 1

Hair (shaft)

Answer 1

part of the hair that grows above the skin’s surface

Question 2

Nerve ending

Answer 2

detect touch, pressure, heat, cold, or pain

Question 3

Fat cells

Answer 3

layer of fat under the dermis, which helps to keep you warm

Question 4

Capillary

Answer 4

branching blood vessels connecting arteries or veins, which change in width to increase or decrease heat, lost from the body

Question 5

Sweat gland

Answer 5

makes watery sweat that is carried along a tub to the skin’s surface

Question 6

Hair follicle

Answer 6

hole in the skin from which hair grows

Question 7

Epidermis

Answer 7

the thinner upper layer of the skin

Question 8

Dermis

Answer 8

the thicker lower layer of the skin that contains blood vessels and nerves

Question 9

Erector muscle

Answer 9

pulls hair upright when you are cold

Question 10

Subcutaneous tissue

Answer 10

lowest layer of the skin

Question 11

Sebaceous gland

Answer 11

makes oily sebum, which keeps hairs and skin flexible and waterproof

Question 12

Pore

Answer 12

minute opening in skin through which fluids, etc. may pass