The Integumentary System

Question 1

What is the largest organ of the body?

Answer 1

The skin

Question 2

What three layers are the skin made up of?

Answer 2

Epidermis, dermis and hypodermis

Question 3

What layer is the sweat and oil glands, sensory receptors(nerves), hair follicles, collagen and elastin found in?

Answer 3

The dermis

Question 4

What are the two types of sweat glands?

Answer 4

Eccrine and Apocrine

Question 5

What type of tissue is the epidermis made up of?

Answer 5

Stratified epithelial tissue

Question 6

What are the five layers of cells in the epidermis?

Answer 6

Stratum Corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum and stratum basale (aka germinativum)

Question 7

What are keratinised cells? And what protein do they contain?

Answer 7

Dead cells that contain keratin protein

Question 8

What layer in the epidermis are cells being produced by mitosis?

Answer 8

Stratum germinativum (basale)

Question 9

What layer of skin determines the skins plumpness, elasticity and smoothness?

Answer 9

The dermis

Question 10

What are the 2 basic glands within the skin?

Answer 10

Sebaceous and sudoriferous glands

Question 11

What to melanocyte cells produce?

Answer 11

Melanin

Question 12

Flakey, rough, easily irradiated skin that struggles to hold moisture in are signs of what skin condition?

Answer 12

Dehydrated, (TEWL)

Question 13

Which sweat gland is attached to the hair follicle?

Answer 13

Apocrine

Question 14

What is the process of cell growth

Answer 14

Mitosis

Question 15

What are the four types of body tissue?

Answer 15

Epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue

Question 16

What are the 3 main skin types

Answer 16

Dry, oily and normal

Question 17

What skin condition causes red, flakey and itchy skin?

Answer 17

Sensitive

Question 18

What skin condition has open and closed comedones, papules and pustules?

Answer 18

Acne