Skin Glands, Hair, & Nails Notes Review

Oil glands that are found all over the skin, except on the palms and soles, are called _____.

• merocrine glands
• sebaceous glands
• apocrine glands
• sweat glands

Goosebumps are caused by contractions of the ______ muscle

• Arrector pili
• Apocrine
• Eccrine
• Sebaceous

The sweat gland that produces "stinky" sweat is the 

• Apocrine gland
• Eccrine gland
• Sudoriferous gland
• Sebaceous gland

Sudoriferous Glands refer to

• Exocrine glands

• Oil glands

• Sweat glands

• Hair glands

The end portion of the nail plate that reaches over the fingertip is called the _________.

• free edge

• nail root

• nail extension

• nail fold

The whitish, half-moon shape at the base of the nail is known as the __________.

• free edge

• bed epithelium

• eponychium

• lunula

The living skin at the base of the natural nail plate that covers the matrix area is known as the __________.

• hyponychium

• nail bed

• mantle

• eponychium

Which layer contains accessory structures such as sweat glands and sebaceous glands?

• epidermis

• dermis

• hypodermis

• hyperdermis

What part of a hair can be seen?

• Follicle

• Matrix

• Root

• Shaft

Produce secretions of fatty acids and protein.

• Sebaceous Gland

• Apocrine Gland

• Merocrine Gland

• Sweat

• Sebum