Skin, hair and nails

What is the largest body organ?

• hair

• heart

• skin

• nails

Which of the following is not a function of the skin?

• controls body temp

• helps digestion

• protects from water

• sense organ

The hard substance that makes nails:

• dead cells

• melanin

• sebum

• keratin

Hair and nails are made up of ___________, that's why you can't feel it when they get cut.

• sebum

• dead cells

• keratin

• melanin

Oil glands produce this:

• oil

• sweat

• sebum

• saliva

The 3 layers of skin from top to bottom

• epidermis

  dermis

  hypodermis

• dermis

  epidermis

  hypodermis

• hypodermis

  dermis

  epidermis

• fat

  epidermis

  hypodermis

Opening on the skin for hair

• pore

• hair follicle

• hair shaft

• pimple

Flaking of dead skin cells in the hair:

• head lice

• melanin

• I don't know

• dandruff

Splitting the nail along the edge:

• ingrown toenail

• cuticle

• hangnail

• lunula

Hair and skin get their color from a pigment called:

• melanin

• melamim

• melon

• melamin