Integument

What is the purpose / function of the skin?

• protection

• temperature maintenance

• excretion and sensory reception

• all of the choices

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which layer of the epidermis produces new skin cells?

• stratum basale

• stratum granulosum

• stratum corneum

• stratum lucidum

What layer of the of the skin is found only in the palms of yours hands and the soles of your feet?

• thick skin

• thin skin

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

• epidermis

• dermis

• hypodermis

• hyperdermis

Skin and eye color is due to a pigment called ____.

• Keratin

• Melanin

• Chromatin

• Epithelium

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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

Sebaceous glands secrete an oil for hair and skin called:

• keratin

• melanin

• cerumen

• sebum

Hair, nails, and the epidermis are made out of what?

• All of the Above

• Collagen

• Keratin

What is the correct order of the skin layers, superficial to deep? 

• hypodermis, dermis, epidermis

• dermis, epidermis, hypodermis

• epidermis, dermis, hypodermis

• epidermis, hypodermis, dermis

The hypodermis consists of ______.

• stratified squamous cells

• adipose tissue

• nail

• melanocyte