Anatomy Science Olympiad

What body system consists of the hair, skin, nails, subcutaneous tissue below the skin and assorted glands?

• Dermatary

• Integumentary

• Muscular

• Skeletal

What are some functions of the skin?

• Protects the organism from injury

• Protect the organism from infection

• Helps keep the body temperature stable

• all of these

The four types of _________ would be serous, mucous, synovial, and cutaneous.

• membranes

• follicles

• vessels

• skin disorders

the outermost layer of the skin is called the ________.

• epidermis

• hypodermis

• subcutaneous

• hypodermis or subcutaneous

_________ would be found directly below the epidermis.

• epidermis

• dermis

• subcutaneous

• hypodermis

Which layer of the skin attaches the skin to the tissues and organs beneath it?

• dermis

• epidermis

• subcutaneous

• all of these

the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet have some of the thickest skin on them. How thick is the thickest skin?

• less than 1mm

• 1-2 mm

• up to 6mm

• more than 10mm

About how thick is the skin on your eyelids?

• .5mm

• 1-2mm

• over 5mm

• .05mm

Keratinocytes, melanocytes, langerhans and merkel are all types of _________.

• subcutaneous cells

• epidermal cells

• layers of the skin

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A fibrous protein that protects and waterproofs the cell is called _________.

• keratin

• melanin

• merkel

• callous

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1