Chapter 7 Skin Structure, Growth, & Nutrition

A physician, who specializes in diseases and disorders of the skin, hair, and nails is?

• A Histologist

• A Dermatologist

• An Esthetician

• A Pediatrician

Healthy skin has _____ texture and is smooth.

• A Fine-Grained

• A Dry

• A Rough

• An Inflexible

Appendages of the skin include hair, nails, and sudoriferous and _____ glands.

• Sebaceous

• Endocrine

• Adrenal

• Exocrine

Which of the following correctly identifies the layers of skin and fat from the outermost layer to the innermost layer?

• Dermis, Subcutaneous, Epidermis

• Epidermis, Subcutaneous, Dermis

• Dermis, Epidermis, Subcutaneous

• Epidermis, Dermis, subcutaneous

As cells die they are pushed to the surface to replace dead cells that are shed from the _____.

• Stratum Corneum

• Stratum Lucidum

• Stratum Germinativum

• Stratum Granulosum

The layer directly beneath the epidermis is the _____.

• Reticular Layer

• Stratum Spinosum

• Papillary Layer

• Subcutaneous Tissue

Which type of tissue gives smoothness and contour to the body, contains fats for use as energy, and also acts as a protective cushion for the skin?

• Subcutaneous Tissue

• Cardiac Tissue

• Muscle Tissue

• Nerve Tissue

Which nerve fibers are distributed to the arrector pili muscles attached to the hair follicles?

• Impulse Nerve Fibers

• Sensory Nerve Fibers

• Secretory Nerve Fibers

• Motor Nerve Fibers

Nerves that regulate the excretion of perspiration from the sudoriferous glands and control the flow of sebum to the surface of the skin are _____.

• Motor Nerve Fibers

• Sensory Nerve Fibers

• Secretory Nerve Fibers

• Impulse Nerve Fibers

_____ fibers react to heat, cold, touch, pressure, and pain.

• Motor Nerve

• Sensory Nerve

• Secretory Nerve

• Complex Nerve