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What is the largest organ within the human body and acts as our first line of defense?

• Heart

• Lungs

• Skin

• Kidney

What is the appropriate medical terminology for loss of smell? This may be temporary or permanent.

• presbycusis

• anosmia

• keratin

• epidermis

What is the medical terminology for age related hearing loss?

• presbycusis

• anosmia

• keratin

• presbyopia

Which structure lines the eyelid and is a thin membrane?

• sclera

• conjunctiva

• lens

• iris

Which layer within the epidermis is responsible for producing a pigment that aides in giving skin the color?

• melanocytes

• langerhans cells

• stratum corneum

• stratum germinativum

What purpose(s) or function(s) does the skin serve?

• To act as a protectant covering

• to assist with temperature regulation

• to synthesis vitamin D

• All of the above

Which receptors in the eye are responsible for detecting light?

• chemoreceptors

• rods

• cones

• tears

Which receptors in the eye are responsible for detecting color and are most abundant in the center of the retina?

• chemoreceptors

• rods

• cones

• tears

The following description is the best definition of what?

"a form of endocytosis which means to take in when a moving cell engulfs a particle."

• pinocytosis

• phagocytosis

• mitosis

• meiosis

Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of (a)   concentration to an area of lower concentration