Getting Under My Skin

I start growing in the dermis. As I grow longer, I come out of the epidermis.

• oil gland
• hair
• epidermis
• dermis

I help you feel what you touch. Without me you would not feel pain, pressure, heat or cold.

• sweat gland
• oil gland
• nerve
• hair

I am a gland in the skin. What I produce helps to cool you down when you are too hot.

• sweat gland
• oil gland
• hair
• nerve

I am the top layer of the skin. Tough, dead cells help make me waterproof.

• dermis
• hair
• epidermis
• heart

I am a thick layer of the skin. I contain hair, nerves, blood vessels and glands.

• epidermis
• lungs
• fingernails
• dermis

I am another kind of gland. I keep the skin from drying out.

• sweat gland
• oil gland
• eyes
• feet

_________ is the sensory organ for the sense of touch.

• Heart
• Lung
• Skin
• Bones

________ endings can detect heat, cold, pressure and pain. 

• skin
• nerve
• body
• dermis

Where does the spinal cord send messages?

• to the touch center of the brain
• to the touch center of the heart