Chapter 7: skin structure, growth, and nutrition

A physician engaged in the science of treating the skin , its structures , functions , and diseases is known as _____.

• a podiatrist

• a dermatologist

• an oncologist

• an endocrinologist

The ______ Is the largest organ in the body.

• heart

• liver

• skin

• large intestine

The skin ____ is the thinnest of the body.

• on the cheeks

• around the eyelids

• on the scalp

• between the fingers

Which layer of the skin is thinnest ?

• the epidermis

• the dermis

• the subcutaneous

• the corium

Which layer of the skin is known as the spiny layer?

• stratum lucidum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum spinosum

• stratum germinativum

The _____ has special column-shaped cells that produce melanocytes.

• stratum corneum

• stratum lucidum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum germinativum

The dermis is the underlying or inner layer of the skin , which is also called the derma , corium , or ______.

• lucidum

• stratus

• cutis

• medulla

The subcutaneous tissue is a fatty layer found below the dermis , which is also called _________ tissue .

• derma

• adipose

• corium

• cutis

What are the two layers of the dermis?

• papillary and reticular

• superficial and papillary

• reticular and deeper

• tactile and superficial

Lymph , The clear fluids of the body that resemble blood plasma but contains only water and other ____, bathe the skin cells, remove the toxins , and have immune functions.

• red blood cells

• platelets

• white blood cells

• colorless substances