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Hair, Glands, and Nails Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are features of hair? (check all that apply)

a)

hair has roots

b)

hair is made of keratinized cell

c)

hair is made of keratin

d)

hair is made of squamous epithelial cells

2.

Identify the hair follicle in the diagram

a)

F

b)

G

c)

K

d)

None of these

3.

Identify the hair shaft.

a)

B

b)

D

c)

K

d)

L

4.

What causes the hair to stand?

a)

Sebaceous gland

b)

Sweat gland

c)

Arector pili

d)

Root

5.

Your hair grows out of special tubes called---

a)

arteries

b)

philtrum

c)

follicles

d)

glabella

6.

Hair DOES NOT grow on any of these parts of your body EXCEPT---

a)

Palms

b)

Ears

c)

Bottoms of your feet

d)

lips

7.

Which type of cells are glands made of?

a)

epithelial

b)

adipose

c)

keratin

d)

sebaceous

8.

What do ceruminous glands secrete?

a)

sweat

b)

oil

c)

wax

d)

all of the above

9.

What do sebaceous glands secrete?

a)

water

b)

swerat

c)

oil

d)

wax

10.

What type of gland are apocrine glands?

a)

sebaceous

b)

ceruminous

c)

oil

d)

sudorferous

11.

What is the protein that makes up hair and nails?

a)

carotene

b)

lysine

c)

methionin

d)

keratin

12.

Which part of the nail is shaped like a moon?

a)

nail body

b)

free edge

c)

lunula

d)

nail root

13.

The part of the nail that is not visible is the:

a)

free edge

b)

nail root

c)

cuticle

d)

lunula

14.

The base of the hair follicle is the bulb.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Pili means hair.

a)

True

b)

False