Skin Anatomy 2022

_____ produces hair.

• bulb

• hair shaft

• hair follicle

• skin

What has fingerlike projections that penetrate into epidermis to provide nutrients?

• epidermis

• hypodermis

• reticular layer

• papillary layer

What is the opening of a sweat duct on the skin's surface?

• epidermis

• hair follicle

• pore

• arrector pili

What is the dead part of the hair that projects from the surface?

• hair follicle

• hair bulb

• hair shaft

• pore

What produces sebum?

• artery

• sweat gland

• salivary gland

• sebaceous gland

What detects pain?

• nerve endings

• pacinian corpuscle

• Meissner's corpuscle

• vein

What anchors the skin to underlying organs?

• epidermis

• dermis

• hypodermis

• arrector pili

What is the muscle that pulls hair upright?

• bicep femoris

• arrector pili

• hair follicle

• arrector spinae

What is the upper layer of skin composed mostly of dead, flat cells?

• dermis

• hypodermis

• subcutaneous fat

• epidermis

What is the thick layer of skin that contains nerves, blood vessels, and other structures?

• hypodermis

• dermis

• epidermis

• papillary layer