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Skin Parts and Functions Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the top layer of skin called?

a)

callus

b)

epidermis

c)

dermis

d)

hypodermis

2.

What is the muscle that pulls hair upright, causing goosebumps?

a)

bicep femoris

b)

arrector pili

c)

hair follicle

d)

arrector spinae

3.

The hard, waterproofing protein that fills the cells in the upper layers of the epidermis and also makes up your hair and nails.

a)
Keratin
b)
Melatonin
c)
Melanin
d)
Actin
4.
Which layer contains accessory structures such as sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles?
a)
epidermis
b)
dermis
c)
hypodermis
d)
hyperdermis
5.
Skin color is due to a pigment called
a)
Keratin
b)
Melanin
c)
Chromatin
d)
Epithelium
6.

Oil glands that are found all over the skin are called ---

a)

merocrine glands

b)

sebaceous glands

c)

apocrine glands

d)

sweat glands

7.

Sweating and shivering are your body's way of regulating its ---

a)

Water loss

b)

Temperature

c)

Hair growth

d)

Vitamin D absorption

8.

The integumentary system is made up of the ---

a)

Skin, Muscle, and Bone

b)

Hair, Nails, and Sweat

c)

Nails, Hair, and Skin

d)

3 layers of tissue

9.
The largest organ on/in your body is your...
a)
Brain
b)
Intestines
c)
Skin
d)
Lungs
10.

How does sweating actually keep us cooler?

a)

Through condensation

b)

It's colder than the air outside

c)

Through sublimation

d)

Though evaporation

11.
What is another name for the hypodermis?
a)
epidermis
b)
subcutaneous layer
c)
stratum basale
12.

Which are part of the integumentary system?

a)

Muscles, skeleton, bone marrow

b)

Hair, skin, bones

c)

Hair, skin, nails

d)

Brain, spinal cord, nerves

13.
What is the purpose / function of the skin?
a)
protection
b)

temperature regulation

c)
excretion and sensory reception
d)
all of the choices
14.

Why did we use BOTH cocoa puffs and cocoa crispies to represent the epidermis in our edible skin model?

a)

No reason, we just wanted more chocolate

b)

We ran out of cococa puffs halfway through

c)

As cells in the epidermis get pushed to the surface they become flatter and harder.

d)

The cocoa puffs represented Merkle cells and the cocoa crispies represented Langerhan cells

15.

What flexible and shock-absorbing protein, found in the dermis, did the cool whip represent in our edible skim model?

a)

Keratin

b)

Collagen

c)

Melanin

d)

Insulin