Integumentary System

What is the first and outer most layer of the skin?

• Dermis

• Epidermis

• Subcutneous layer

The coloring in the skin; found in the epidermis.

• Melanin
• Oil
• Perspiration
• Pores

What is the name of tube that our hair grows from?

• Follicle
• Root
• Shaft
• Sebaceous

Which layer contains accessory structures such as sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles?

• epidermis
• dermis
• hypodermis
• hyperdermis

Oil glands that are found all over the skin, except on the palms and soles, are called _____.

• merocrine glands
• sebaceous glands
• apocrine glands
• sweat glands

What cell produces a dark brown pigment?

• Keratinocytes
• Melanocytes
• Merkel (Tactile) Cells
• Langerhans (dendritic) cell

Which are part of the integumentary system?

• Muscles, skeleton, bone marrow

• Hair, skin, bones

• Hair, skin, nails

• Brain, spinal cord, nerves

What part of the integumentary system sends and receives messages?

• Glands

• Hair

• Nails

• Nerves

Which is not a function of the integumentary system?

• Protection against foreign objects

• Sweating/cooling

• Insulating/warming

• Urinating

How is your body cooled?

• Hair

• Fat

• Oil glands

• Sweat