SKIN STRUCTURE, GROWTH & NUTRITION

Healthy skin has_____________texture and is smooth.

• a fine-grained

• a dry

• a rough

• an inflexible

Appendages of the skin include hair, nails, and sudoriferous and ____________glands.

• sebaceous

• endocrine

• adrenal

• exocrine

As cells die they are pushed to the surface to place dead cells that are shed from the ___________.

• stratum corneum

• stratum lucidum

• stratum germinativum

• stratum granulosum

The layer directly beneath the epidermis is the___________.

• reticular layer

• stratum spinosum

• papillary layer

• subcutaneous tissue

Which nerve fibers are distributed to the arrector pili muscles attached to the hair follicles?

• impulse nerve fibers

• sensory nerve fibers

• secretory nerve fibers

• motor nerve fibers

____________ fibers react to heat, cold, touch, pressure, and pain.

• motor nerve

• sensory nerve

• secretory nerve

• complex nerve

Skin gets its strength, form, and flexibility from___________.

• collegen and keratin

• sebum and melanin

• keratin elastin

• collagen and elastin

The epidermis is the _____________layer of the skin.

• healthiest

• thickest

• thinnest

• most important

The scalp has larger and deeper_____________than the skin on the rest of the body.

• melanocytes

• propionbacterium acnes

• sensory nerve fibers

• hair follicles

One of the best ways to follow a healthy diet is to read___________.

• magazine articles

• food labels

• diet books

• legal guidelines