AP-Integumentary System

The primary function(s) of the skin is to_________?

• Allow for desiccation and evaporation

• Protect, regulate temperature, synthesize Vit D

• Produce a tan using the erythrocytes

• Allow our body to absorb & excrete substances

The epidermis is made up of how many layers?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 1

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

The stratum basale is which layer of the epidermis?

• Top layer

• Middle layer

• Base layer

• It's not a layer of the epidermis...your teacher is just trying to trick you.

Which layer is the top layer of the epidermis?

• Stratum basale

• Stratum lucidum

• Stratum granulosum

• Stratum corneum

The dermis contains which of the following?

• Sweat glands, keratinized cells & oxygen

• Sweat glands, sebaceous glands & sensory receptors

• Sebaceous Glands, sensory receptors and uric acid

• Keratinized cells that are flat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Dermal tissue is made of areolar & dense connective tissue to give skin _________& _________.

• Hairiness & oil

• Rigidity & tensile strength

• Sweat & oil

• Toughness & elasticity

The pacinian corpuscles respond to ___________?

• Temperature

• Sweat

• Pressure

• Light touch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The hair follicle is found:

• around the hair shaft

• at the top of the strand of hair

• in the middle of the strand of hair

• not anywhere around the hair

Sebaceous glands refer to

• Sweat glands

• Hair glands

• Oil glands

• Exocrine glands

__________glands are sweat glands that are found in kids to help with sweating at the palms/soles of the feet and on the forehead.

• Eccrine

• Apocrine

• Exocrine

• Sebaceous