WorksheetsSkin Accessories
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following describes the structure and function of hair, nails, and glands.
Hair: protection and insulation; Nails: protection of finger and toe tips; Glands: sweat glands regulate temperature, sebaceous glands lubricate skin and hair.
Hair: only for decoration; Nails: only for scratching; Glands: only for producing oil.
Hair: absorbs nutrients; Nails: help in digestion; Glands: store fat.
Hair: sense of taste; Nails: sense of smell; Glands: produce blood cells.
Compare and contrast eccrine vs. apocrine sweat glands.
Eccrine glands are found all over the body and help regulate temperature by secreting watery sweat. Apocrine glands are found in specific areas and produce a thicker secretion, often associated with body odor.
Eccrine glands are only found in the armpits and secrete oily sweat, while apocrine glands are found all over the body and secrete watery sweat.
Eccrine glands are responsible for body odor, while apocrine glands regulate body temperature by secreting watery sweat.
Eccrine glands secrete hormones, while apocrine glands secrete digestive enzymes.
Explain how accessory structures respond to injury, temperature changes, and infection.
Accessory structures like sweat glands help cool the body during temperature changes and sebaceous glands may increase secretion during infections.
Accessory structures remain unaffected by injury, temperature changes, or infection.
Accessory structures only respond to injury by changing color, not to temperature or infection.
Accessory structures like sweat glands and sebaceous glands stop functioning during injury or infection.
Which of the following correctly matches two structures from the diagram? (NOTE: On your Friday Assess, you will have to PICK 2 and give their function.)
G Sebaceous Gland
E Hair Follicle
F Sweat Gland
H Hair Follicle
G Sweat Gland
H Hair Shaft
H Hair Follicle
F Sweat Gland
Eccrine and Apocrine are two types of Sweat Glands. Apocrine are associated with hair follicles and Eccrine are not.
True
False
How does hair help regulate temperature in our bodies?
Goose bumps are created by the temperature glands found in skin that will contract when you are cold.
Goose bumps are created by the hair follicle alone to help maintain temperature and will contract when you are cold.
Goose bumps are created by the arrector pili muscles that attach to the hair follicle and will contract when you are cold.
Goose bumps are created by the nerves found in the epidermis and contract when you are cold.
Which of the following is not included as a skin accessory?
Hair and Folicles
Moles and Freckles
Nails
Skin Glands
What is the primary function of nails for our integumentary system?
For protection.
Beauty purposes.
Self-defense.
Helping to pick things off of hard surfaces. (Like stickers)
Sweat gland in our skin secrete a waxy coating to help cool down our bodies when they overheat.
True
False
The skin responds to the environment in several ways. Which of the following are examples of how the skin reacts?
Sweating to cool the body and goosebumps to retain heat
Producing saliva and blinking
Digesting food and pumping blood
Hearing sounds and tasting food
