Test

Question 0

Which receptors are sensitive to touch, sound, and contractions?

Answer 0

Mechanoreceptors

Question 1

What process toughens and waterproofs the outermost layer of skin?

Answer 1

Keratinization

Question 2

Which form of skin cancer involves melanocytes?

Answer 2

Melanoma

Question 3

What is the descriptor for red skin

Answer 3

Erythema

Question 4

Which smooth muscles attach to the hair follicles to make hairs stand up?

Answer 4

Arrector pilli

Question 5

What type of rays damage skin?

Answer 5

Uv radiation from the sun

Question 6

What is the eponychium?

Answer 6

Cuticle

Question 7

Which layer of skin is found in hairless regions of the body?

Answer 7

Lucidum stratum

Question 8

Which degree of burns involves all three layers?

Answer 8

Third degree

Question 9

Which degree of burns involves just the epidermis?

Answer 9

First degree

Question 10

Identify the degree of the burn that involves blistering

Answer 10

Second degree

Question 11

What is another name for cold sore?

Answer 11

Herpes simplex

Question 12

Which modified molecule in the skin is converted to vitamin D by sunlight?

Answer 12

Cholesterol

Question 13

Which degree of burn is referred to as partial thickness burns?

Answer 13

First and second degree

Question 14

What is the most common skin cancer?

Answer 14

Basal cell carcinoma

Question 15

What is the name of the touch receptors in the dermis?

Answer 15

Meissners corpuscles

Question 16

What is the leading cause of death in third degree burns?

Answer 16

Infection

Question 17

What childhood disease is caused by staph infection of insect bites?

Answer 17

Impetigo

Question 18

What is the two main fibers found throughout the dermis?

Answer 18

Elastic and collagen

Question 19

What happens to the thickness of the dermis with aging?

Answer 19

Decreases

Question 20

How would you describe flat, layered cells?

Answer 20

Stratified squamous

Question 21

Which layer of skin contains nerve fibers?

Answer 21

Dermis

Question 22

Which pigment is protective against UV radiation?

Answer 22

Melanin

Question 23

What are the uneven, finger like projections on the superior surface?

Answer 23

Papillae

Question 24

Which vessels help malignant melanoma metastasize?

Answer 24

Lymph and blood vessels

Question 25

What is the waterproof protein in the epidermis?

Answer 25

Keratin

Question 26

Which cells create melanin?

Answer 26

Melanocytes

Question 27

When part of the burn of epidermis and part of the dermis are involved in which type of burn?

Answer 27

Second degree burn

Question 28

How thick is stratum corneum?

Answer 28

20-30 cells

Question 29

What is the other name for third degree burn?

Answer 29

Full thickness burn

Question 30

What is the upper part of the hair?

Answer 30

Shaft

Question 31

How would pale skin die to anemia or blood pressure be described?

Answer 31

Pallor

Question 32

What is the other name for the subcutaneous tissue?

Answer 32

Hypodermis

Question 33

What is the serous membrane surrounding the lungs?

Answer 33

Pleural

Question 34

Which degree of burn destroys skin and underlying tissue down to bone?

Answer 34

Fourth degree

Question 35

What is the Seidel membrane around the heart?

Answer 35

Pericardium

Question 36

In third degree burns, which layers are involved?

Answer 36

Epidermal and dermal are completely destroyed

Question 37

What word describes reddened skin which may in usage embarrassment fever hypertension or inflammation?

Answer 37

Erythema

Question 38

Which is the deepest layer of the epidermis?

Answer 38

Stratum basale

Question 39

Which gland is ducted into the hair follicle?

Answer 39

Sebaceous gland

Question 40

Which pigment is yellowish orange?

Answer 40

Carotene

Question 41

Which pigments are absorbed in the blood and cause jaundice?

Answer 41

Bile pigments

Question 42

Which skin disorder is characterized by dry silver scales?

Answer 42

Psoriasis

Question 43

What is an irritation caused by contact to certain material?

Answer 43

Contact dermatitis

Question 44

What is the outermost layer of the epidermis?

Answer 44

Stratum corneum

Question 45

What separates serous membrane layers?

Answer 45

Clear serous fluid

Question 46

What is the product of the sebaceous gland?

Answer 46

Sebum

Question 47

What are the two types of sweat glands?

Answer 47

Apocrine and eccrine

Question 48

Which gland releases Vitamin C on the skin?

Answer 48

Eccrine gland

Question 49

Melanoma can begin wherever there is________.

Answer 49

Pigment/ melanocytes

Question 50

Which type of skin cancer appears most often on the scalp ears hands and Lower lips?

Answer 50

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 51

In which region of the dermis would phagocytic WBC's be found?

Answer 51

Reticular layer

Question 52

Which type of membrane line all cavities that open to the exterior?

Answer 52

Mucous

Question 53

In which region of the dermis would you find pacifism corpuscles?

Answer 53

Reticular layer

Question 54

What purpose do phagocytic WBCs serve?

Answer 54

Prevention of bacterial penetration/infection

Question 55

What is the other name for sweat glands?

Answer 55

Sudoriferous glands

Question 56

What is the name for the downy covering of delicate hairs on a fetus?

Answer 56

Lanugo

Question 57

Which membrane is exposed to air and is a dry membrane?

Answer 57

Cutaneous membrane

Question 58

Does vasoconstriction release or retain body heat?

Answer 58

Retains

Question 59

What is the name of the oil gland that produces ear wax?

Answer 59

Sebaceous gland

Question 60

Does vasodilation release or retain body heat?

Answer 60

Release

Question 61

Which of the two this of sweat glands are the biggest?

Answer 61

Apocrine gland

Question 62

What is the white cheese like covering that Ortega the skin of a fetus in the womb?

Answer 62

Vernix caseosa

Question 63

What is the term that indicates the spread of cancerous cells?

Answer 63

Malignant