Appendages of Skin

What are the two types of Sudoriferous glands?

• Ceruminous and Eccrine

• Mammary and Ceruminous

• Eccrine and Apocrine

• Apocrine and Mammary

Secretion of an oily substance that softens and lubricates hair and skin is a function of what gland?

• Sudoriferous

• Sebaceous

• Eccrine

• Apocrine

Sudoriferous glands are also known as ______ glands.

• ceruminous

• endocrine

• sebaceous

• sweat

The gland found in the skin that secretes sebum is the _______.

• endocrine

• ceruminous

• sebaceous

• sudoriferous

These glands are only found lining the ear canal:

• Merocrine

• Sudoriferous

• Eccrine

• Ceruminous

One critical function of sebum, in addition to roles in waterproofing and skin softening, is that it provides protection against _______.

• overexposure to the sun

• overheating

• exposure to harmful bacteria

• abrasions, or cuts to the skin

The most predominant type of sweat gland, the eccrine sweat gland, plays a role in _____.

• milk production

• stress-induced sweating

• body temperature regulation

• ear wax production

The smooth muscle associated with hair is called _____.

• Erector folliculi

• Alopecia Areata

• Arrector Vellus

• Arrector Pili

Hair and nails are modifications of the ______.

• dermis

• epidermis

• hypodermis

• none of the above, they are not part of the skin

What regions of the body are apocrine glands found in?

• forehead and axillary

• palms and soles of feet

• axillary and external ear canal

• axillary and anogenital