Test - Skin

Question 1

What isn’t a function of the hypodermis?

Answer 1

prevents water loss (p. 5)

Question 2

How does the skin help regulate body temperature?

Answer 2

by enabling excess heat to escape from the body (p. 3)

Question 3

Where is the hypodermis on a skin diagram?

Answer 3

underneath the dermis, the section of fat. (BBD)

Question 4

You have a new epidermis after

Answer 4

3 to 5 weeks (p. 3)

Question 5

When the arrector pili muscles contract…

Answer 5

the sweat glands empty their contents onto the surface of the skin (p.5)

Question 6

the bundle of smooth muscles associated with hair follicles is called the…

Answer 6

adipose tissue (p. 5)

Question 7

What might happen if you didn’t have melanocytes?

Answer 7

your skin would be extremely pale (p. 3)

Question 8

the forehead, eyelids, and skin are missing which layer of skin?

Answer 8

subcutaneous tissue (p. 5)

Question 9

what can you conclude from the fact that your skin prevents harmful germs from entering your body?

Answer 9

germs can enter your body through cuts and scrapes (p. 3)

Question 10

Limiting sun exposure helps to prevent skin ___, a disease in which cells divide uncontrollably.

Answer 10

cancer (p. 7)

Question 11

fat is one type of ___ tissue

Answer 11

connective (p. 5)