FREE RADIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SKIN EXAM

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FREE RADIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SKIN EXAM

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Question 1: What is another name of the "stratum basale"?

Answer:

Stratum Germinativum

Question 2: Ceruminous Glands

Answer:

Glands that are located in the ear canal that produce ear wax.

Question 3: Dermis

Answer:

The "true skin" that sits below the epidermis. It is the deeper part of the skin.

Question 4: Epidermis

Answer:

The outermost portion of the skin, and is composed entirely of epithelial cells and contains no blood vessels

Question 5: When do blood vessels constrict and why?

Answer:

In cold conditions, which helps reduce blood flow to the surface and diminish heat loss.

Question 6: Which part of the hair is non-living?

Answer:

The shaft (that extends above the epidermis)

Question 7: Meibomian Glands

Answer:

Glands that are associated with the eyelashes and produce a secretion that lubricates the eyes.

Question 8: Dermal Papillae

Answer:

Extensions of the dermis that project up into the epidermis. They contain blood vessels that supply the epidermis.

Question 9: What is carotene?

Answer:

A pigment that comes from carrots and other orange and yellow vegetables. It is stored in fatty tissue and skin.

Question 10: What type of tissue is the subcutaneous layer?

Answer:

• Elastic / Fiborus Tissue

• Loose tissue (Areolar & Adipose)

Question 11: What are the two things that keratin does for the skin?

Answer:

• protects the skin
• waterproofs the skin

Question 12: Cerumen

Answer:

Ear wax

Question 13: Exfoliation

Answer:

The loss of cells from the surface of the skin.

Question 14: Stratum Corneum

Answer:

The thick uppermost layer of the epidermis.

Question 15: What is another name for the dermis?

Answer:

Cornium

Question 16: Ciliary Glands

Answer:

Glands that are found on the edges of the eyelids.

Question 17: What type of tissue is the dermis?

Answer:

Fiborus Connective Tissue / Elastic Connective Tissue

Question 18: What type of tissue is the epidermis?

Answer:

Stratified Squamous Tissue

Question 19: Keratin

Answer:

A protein that thickens and protects the skin. It also makes up the hair and nails.

Question 20: What happens to oil production to individuals as they are young? get older?

Answer:

• Oil production increases during youth
• Oil production decreases during old age

Question 21: How does hair grow?

Answer:

It grows from the root, through the process of cell division called mitosis.

Question 22: Where is carotene found?

Answer:

In hemoglobin, which gives blood its color.

Question 23: What is a calus?

Answer:

A think layer of cells that build up on the skin. This occurs because there is more mitosis going on.

Question 24: Eccrine

Answer:

Sweat glands that regulate body temperature and vent directly to the surface of the skin through a pore.

Question 25: What does the hypodermis do?

Answer:

• It helps insulate (temperature regulator)

• Energy is stored in fat

Question 26: What does sweat do?

Answer:

Sweat helps cool down the body. If there is too much sweat = dehydration.

Question 27: Stratum Basale

Answer:

The deepest layer of the epidermis that produces new epidermal cells through the process of mitosis.