Anatomy Skin Structure and Skin Appendages

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

• a pediatrician

• an esthetician

• a dematologist

• a histologist

Healthy skin has _____ texture and is smooth.

• a rough

• a fine-grained

• an inflexible

• a dry

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

• adrenal

• sebaceous

• endocrine

• exocrine

Which of the following correctly identifies the layers of the skin from outer layer to inner?

• Dermis, hypodermis, epidermis

• Epidermis, dermis, hypodermis

• Dermis, epidermis, hypodermis

• Epidermis, hypodermis, dermis

As cells die they are pushed to replace dead cells that are shed from the ___________

• Stratum granulosum

• Stratum corneum

• Stratum lucidum

• Stratum germinativum

The layer directly beneath the epidermis is the ______

• Reticular layer

• Stratum spinosum

• Subcutaneous layer

• Papillary layer

Tissue that gives smoothness n contour. Contains fat for energy n acts as protective cushion

• muscle tissue

• cardiac tissue

• nerve tissue

• subcutaneous tissue

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

• impulse nerve fibers

• motor nerve fibers

• sensory nerve fibers

• secretory nerve fibers

Nerve that regulates the excretion of perspiration and control the flow of sebum

• motor nerve fiber

• impulse nerve fiber

• sensory nerve fiber

• secretory nerve fiber

_______ fibers react to heat, cold, ouch, pressure and pain

• sensory nerve

• secretory nerve

• complex nerve

• motor nerve