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integumentary system

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The primary function(s) of the skin is to_________?

a)

Allow for desiccation and evaporation

b)

Protect, regulate temperature, synthesize Vit D

c)

Produce a tan using the erythrocytes

d)

Allow our body to absorb & excrete substances

2.

The epidermis is made up of how many layers?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

7

d)

1

3.

The stratum basale is which layer of the epidermis?

a)

Top layer

b)

Middle layer

c)

Base layer

d)

It's not a layer of the epidermis...your teacher is just trying to trick you.

4.

Which layer is the top layer of the epidermis?

a)

Stratum basale

b)

Stratum lucidum

c)

Stratum granulosum

d)

Stratum corneum

5.

The dermis contains which of the following?

a)

Sweat glands, keratinized cells & oxygen

b)

Sweat glands, sebaceous glands & sensory receptors

c)

Sebaceous Glands, sensory receptors and uric acid

d)

Keratinized cells that are flat

6.

Sebaceous glands refer to

a)

Sweat glands

b)

Hair glands

c)

Oil glands

d)

Exocrine glands

7.

__________glands are sweat glands that are found in kids to help with sweating at the palms/soles of the feet and on the forehead.

a)

Eccrine

b)

Apocrine

c)

Exocrine

d)

Sebaceous

8.

The nails are mostly made up of

a)

Sebum

b)

Follicular cells

c)

Hard keratin

d)

Simple squamous cells

9.

Burning the front and the back of the trunk of the body would be ___________of skin burned.

a)

9%

b)

18%

c)

36%

d)

50%

10.

Using the acronym ABCDE as it relates to skin cancer, A refers to

a)

Atypical

b)

Alright

c)

Asymmetrical

d)

Absence

11.
Full thickness burns involve damage to the 
a)
the epidermis, only
b)
the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis
c)
the epidermis and dermis, only
d)
muscle, only
12.

Which epidermis layer is clear and thin?

a)

Stratum basale

b)

Stratum lucidum

c)

Stratum spinosum

d)

Stratum corneum

e)

Stratum granulosum