Integumentary System-Skin Structure and Function Quiz

Produces sweat

• pore

• sebaceous gland

• sweat gland

• vein

Receptor that detects deep pressure

• nerve endings

• Pacinian corpuscle

• papillary layer

• pore

Carries blood away from skin

• artery

• sebaceous gland

• sweat gland

• vein

Nerve receptor that detects touch

• hair follicle

• hair shaft

• hypodermis

• Meissner's corpuscle

Produces hair

• hair follicle

• hair shaft

• hypodermis

• Meissner's corpuscle

Has fingerlike projections that penetrate into epidermis to provide nutrients

• nerve endings

• Pacinian corpuscle

• papillary layer

• pore

Carries blood toward the skin

• arrector pili

• artery

• vein

• dermis

Opening of a sweat duct on the skin's surface

• nerve endings

• Pacinian corpuscles

• papillary layer

• pore

Dead part of hair that projects from the surface

• hair follicle

• hair shaft

• hypodermis

• Meissner's corpuscle

Produces sebum

• pore

• sebaceous gland

• sweat gland

• vein