Spencer_Elisabeth test: skin

Question 0

3. Your dead skin cells make up what percentage of the dust in your house?

Answer 0

80%

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Question 1

2. The independent variable in our experiment with the potato was what?

Answer 1

Water temperature

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Question 2

4. What is the hypodermis and where is it?

Answer 2

The layer underneath the dermis, and it is a layer of cells

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Question 3

6. What is the epidermis?

Answer 3

The outer layer of dead skin

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Question 4

7. What is the dermis and where is it?

Answer 4

Layer of cells that contains hair follicles, sweat glands, oil glands, and blood vessels. It also holds nerve endings that give you sense of touch. It is located beneath the epidermis and above the hypodermis

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Question 5

11. What is the basal layer?

Answer 5

The area where new cells are made in the epidermis, and it is located above the epidermis

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Question 6

12. What are the things on your skin that are found in the epidermis?

Answer 6

The dead skin cells in the epidermis

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Question 7

13. What’s a blood vessel?

Answer 7

Carries blood thorough parts of the body

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Question 8

16. What’s the arrector pili muscle?

Answer 8

Muscle that contracts when you are scared or cold

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Question 9

20. The forehead, eyelids, and shins are missing which layer of skin?

Answer 9

Subcutaneous tissue

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Question 10

24. What tissues make up the skin?

Answer 10

Epithelial, connective, and nervous

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Question 11

25. For a cell to move from basal layer to top layer of the epidermis takes approximately how much time?

Answer 11

2 weeks

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Question 12

29. How many layers of skin cells are found in the epidermis?

Answer 12

5

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Question 13

30. What will help cool the body?

Answer 13

Evaporation of sweat from the skins surface

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Question 14

34. What measures heat?

Answer 14

Thermometer

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Question 15

37. Muscles associated with hair follicles and are positioned in such a way that they contract in reaction to cold or emotional stimuli

Answer 15

Arrector pili

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Question 16

38. What do sebaceous glands, hair follicles, and sweat glands have in common?

Answer 16

They’re all found in the dermis

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Question 17

41. Area of the body where touch receptors are most abundant on what?

Answer 17

Tongue, lips, hands, and feet

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Question 18

47. You have a new epidermis after what amount of time?

Answer 18

Three to five weeks

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Question 19

49. What are the skin layers from innermost to outermost?

Answer 19

Hypodermics, Dermis, Epidermis

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Question 20

52. What are sweat glands?

Answer 20

Aid in cooling the body

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Question 21

53. What is a function of the fibers in the dermis?

Answer 21

Strength, elasticity, and structure

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Question 22

54. Light-skinned races such as Caucasians have what?

Answer 22

Approximately the same number melanocytes than races with darker skins

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Question 23

56. What are the two fibers of the dermis?

Answer 23

Collagen and Elastin

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Question 24

#57. Hair and nails are composed mainly of what?

Answer 24

Keratin 23. Skin and acne notes (brainpop)

Question 25

#61. Where are sebaceous glands found in the skin?

Answer 25

Dermis 26. CLF_-_Skin

Question 26

#64. Catalase is what?

Answer 26

Catalyst Protein Enzyme Chemical 29. Lab_Questions_Temperature_and_Enzymes

Question 27

#66. The independent variable is the what?

Answer 27

Manipulated variable 29. Lab_Questions_Temperature_and_Enzymes

Question 28

#68. How does the skin help regulate body temperature?

Answer 28

By enabling excess heat to escape from the body 27. IHM_-_Skin_Questions

Question 29

#72. Skin cells produce _____ which helps the digestive system absorb calcium

Answer 29

Vitamin D 27. IHM_-_Skin_Questions

Question 30

#76. How does skin help maintain body temperature if a person becomes too warm?

Answer 30

The blood vessels widen or dilate 27. IHM_-_Skin_Questions

Question 31

#77. Describe the life cycle of epidermal cells

Answer 31

Cells divide to form new cells. These cells gradually move upward. After about 2 weeks the cells die and become part of the surface layer of the epidermis 22. WKST-Skin