HBS Integumentary System Study Guide

What is the main function of the integumentary system?

• Digest food

• Protection

• Transport nutrients

• Attack

Which of the following glands are specific sweat glands associated with a hair follicle?

• Apocrine glands

• Ceruminous glands

• Eccrine glands

• Sudoriferous glands

Moving from deep (lowest) to superficial (highest), which is the proper order for the layers of the skin?

• Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis

• Dermis, Epidermis, Hypodermis

• Hypodermis, Dermis, Epidermis

• Hypodermis, Epidermis, Dermis

Identify the dermis

• A

• B

• C

• 2

Which is NOT a function of the skin?

• Insulation
• Movement
• Excretion
• Vitamin D Production

What are the 4 types of epidermal cells?

• Skeletal, muscle, epithelial, and smooth.

• Smooth, hard, tough, scratchy

• Keratinocytes, melanocytes, dendritic, tactile epithelial

• Connective, skeletal, dermal, and reticular

Which of the following is NOT a function of the hypodermis?

• Insulation

• Energy storage

• Shock absorber

• Sweating

What is the integumentary system?

• Skin

• Glands, hair and nails

• skin and all its appendages

• Sweat

Melanin is the pigment in skin

• True

• False

What is another name for the hypodermis?

• epidermis
• subcutaneous layer
• stratum basale