Skin

What is the outermost layer of the skin?

• Epidermis

• Dermis

• Subcutaneous

• fatty layer

The muscle that causes goose bumps when a person is frightened or cold is the?

• angled muscle

• secretory muscle

• absorption muscle

• arrector pili muscle

Oil glands that are connected to hair follicles are also called?

• sudoriferous glands

• sebaceous glands

• arrector glands

• substance glands

The cells that produce the dark skin pigment called melanin are?

• papule

• melanocytes

• keratin

• collagen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The oldest cells of the epidermis will be found here

• Stratum Corneum

• Stratum Basale

• Stratum Spinosum

• Stratum Granulosum

True or False: Our skin helps to control your body's temperature by sweating when it's too hot and getting goose bumps when it's too cold.

• True

• False

What gives your skin color

• Epidermis

• follicles

• dermis

• melanin

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The dermis layer is made up of two layers, which are the:

• papillary and reticular

• papillary and dermal

• dermal and tactile

• tactile and reticular

Keratin is found in the

• dermis

• epidermis

• adipose layer

Our skin eliminate wastes

• True

• False