INTEGUMENTARY

Question 1

means covering

Answer 1

SKIN / INTEGUMENT

Question 2

2 DISTINCT LAYER

Answer 2

EPIDERMIS/DERMIS

Question 3

the skin provides protection against abrasion and ultraviolet
light; it also prevents the entry of microorganisms and dehydration by reducing water loss from the body.

Answer 3

PROTECTION

Question 4

it has sensory receptors that can detect heat, cold, touch,
pressure, and pain.

Answer 4

SENSATION

Question 5

when exposed to ultraviolet light, the skin produces a molecule that can be transformed into vit D.

Answer 5

VITAMIN D PRODUCTION

Question 6

body temperature is regulated by controlling blood flow through the skin and the activity of the sweat glands.

Answer 6

TEMPERATURE REGULATION

Question 7

small amounts of waste products are lost through the skin
and in gland secretions.

Answer 7

EXCRETION

Question 8

UNDER THE DERMIS

Answer 8

HYPODERMIS

Question 9

responsible for most of the structural strength of the skin

Answer 9

DERMIS

Question 10

prevents water loss and resists abrasion.

Answer 10

EPIDERMIS

Question 11

changing of shape and chemical composition during movement of cells; cells become filled with the protein keratin which makes the
cells hard.

Answer 11

KERATINIZATION

Question 12

Produces keratin that protects the skin & the underlying tissues

Answer 12

KERATINOCYTES

Question 13

Usually associated with a disc-like sensory nerve ending to form the ____

Answer 13

MERKEL CELLS

Question 14

responsible for skin pigmentation or color (brown-black pigment)

Answer 14

MELANOCYTES

Question 15

Non-pigmented granular dendrocytes

Answer 15

LANGERHANS CELLS

Question 16

deepest stratum

Answer 16

STRATUM BASALE

Question 17

1 or more layers of granular/flattened cells (contain fibers of keratin &
shriveled nuclei)

Answer 17

STRATUM GRANULOSUM

Question 18

Spiny layer

Answer 18

STRATUM SPINOSUM

Question 19

Thin, clear layer

Answer 19

STRATUM LUCIDUM

Question 20

Hornlike or cornified layer; most superficial stratum

Answer 20

STRATUM CORNEUM

Question 21

Upper layer in contact with the epidermis 1/5 of the entire dermis

Answer 21

STRATUM PAPILLAROSUM

Question 22

Contains many phagocytes, & both collagen and elastic
fibers

Answer 22

STRATUM RETICULAROSUM

Question 23

pigments in the skin; blood circulating through the skin, and the thickness of the stratum corneum determine the skin color.

Answer 23

SKIN COLOR

Question 24

yellow, brown or black

Answer 24

MELANIN

Question 25

orange-yellow/yellowish

Answer 25

CAROTENE

Question 26

pigment in the RBC

Answer 26

HEMOGLOBIN

Question 27

The presence of hair is one of the characteristics common to all mammal. If the hair is thick, covering most of the body surface,

Answer 27

FUR

Question 28

Medulla, Cortex & Cuticle

Answer 28

HAIR SHAFT

Question 29

are below the surface;

Answer 29

ROOT AND HAIR BULB

Question 30

hard bark of the hair;

Answer 30

CORTEX

Question 31

the softer center;

Answer 31

MEDULLA

Question 32

covers the cortex; a single layer of overlapping cells that holds the hair in the hair follicle;

Answer 32

CUTICLE

Question 33

an extension of the epidermis deep into the dermis, it can play an important role in tissue repair.

Answer 33

HAIR FOLLICLE

Question 34

Pubic area, axilla, chest, extremities (male), beard (during puberty), scalp,eyelids, eyelashes

Answer 34

TERMINAL

Question 35

Fine body hair of children & adult women

Answer 35

VELLUS

Question 36

Are ALL exocrine glands – release secretions to skin surface via ducts

Answer 36

CUTANEOUS GLANDS

Question 37

Found ALL over the skin EXCEPT: palms & soles

Answer 37

SEBACEOUS GLANDS

Question 38

Widely distributed in the skin

Answer 38

SUDORIFEROUS GLANDS

Question 39

Clear (water + salt); vitamin C, traces of metabolic wastes, and lactic acid

Answer 39

ECCRINE/MEROCRINE

Question 40

Axillary & genitalia

Answer 40

APOCRINE

Question 41

Thin plates of dead stratum corneum cells containing a very hard type of keratin

Answer 41

NAILS