Skin

Question 1

largest and most visible organ of the body

Answer 1

skin

Question 2

skin makes up what percentage of body weight

Answer 2

16%

Question 3

surface area of skin

Answer 3

1.5-2m (squared)

Question 4

what does skin protect

Answer 4

underlying tissues and organ

Question 5

what does skin protect underlying tissues and organs from

Answer 5

impact, abrasion, fluid loss and chemical attack

Question 6

what does skin excrete and how

Answer 6

salts, water and organic waste via integumentary glands

Question 7

how does skin maintain normal body temperature

Answer 7

insulation or evaporation

Question 8

melanin

Answer 8

protects underlying tissue form UV radiation

Question 9

keratin

Answer 9

protects against abrasion and serves as water repellent

Question 10

skin synthesises what steriod

Answer 10

vitamin D3

Question 11

where are lipids stored n

Answer 11

adipocytes in dermis and adipose tissue in subcantenous layer

Question 12

information detected by skin and relayed to nervous system

Answer 12

touch, pressure pain and temperature

Question 13

high pigmentation

Answer 13

protects from UV radiation

Question 14

low pigmentation

Answer 14

vitamin D synthesis

Question 15

types of tissue in skin

Answer 15

epethelial, connective, muscle and nervous

Question 16

three primary layers of skin (superficial to deep)

Answer 16

epidermis, dermis and hypodermis

Question 17

three factors of epidermis layer

Answer 17

avascular, kertainocyes, stratified layer

Question 18

two factors of dermis layer

Answer 18

vascular and protien fibres

Question 19

factor of hypodermis layer

Answer 19

adipose tissue

Question 20

cutaneous skin

Answer 20

epidermis and dermis

Question 21

subcataneous skin

Answer 21

hypodermis

Question 22

layer of skin only found in thick skin (hand and feet soles)

Answer 22

stratum lucidum

Question 23

stratum layers of epidermis (superficial to deep)

Answer 23

stratum corneum