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WorksheetsSkin Parts and Functions Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the top layer of skin called?
callus
epidermis
dermis
hypodermis
What is the muscle that pulls hair upright, causing goosebumps?
bicep femoris
arrector pili
hair follicle
arrector spinae
The hard, waterproofing protein that fills the cells in the upper layers of the epidermis and also makes up your hair and nails.
Oil glands that are found all over the skin are called ---
merocrine glands
sebaceous glands
apocrine glands
sweat glands
Sweating and shivering are your body's way of regulating its ---
Water loss
Temperature
Hair growth
Vitamin D absorption
The integumentary system is made up of the ---
Skin, Muscle, and Bone
Hair, Nails, and Sweat
Nails, Hair, and Skin
3 layers of tissue
How does sweating actually keep us cooler?
Through condensation
It's colder than the air outside
Through sublimation
Though evaporation
Which are part of the integumentary system?
Muscles, skeleton, bone marrow
Hair, skin, bones
Hair, skin, nails
Brain, spinal cord, nerves
temperature regulation
Why did we use BOTH cocoa puffs and cocoa crispies to represent the epidermis in our edible skin model?
No reason, we just wanted more chocolate
We ran out of cococa puffs halfway through
As cells in the epidermis get pushed to the surface they become flatter and harder.
The cocoa puffs represented Merkle cells and the cocoa crispies represented Langerhan cells
What flexible and shock-absorbing protein, found in the dermis, did the cool whip represent in our edible skim model?
Keratin
Collagen
Melanin
Insulin
