Exam 5: The Integumentary System

Ceruminous glands are found in the external auditory canal and secrete wax.

The deepest layer of the epidermis contains adipose tissue.

The nicotine patch used to help people stop smoking is an example of _____ drug administration.

All of the following are normal functions of the skin EXCEPT

Which of the following scientific terms means "within the skin"?

In response to high environmental temperatures or increased heat production during exercise, all of the following responses would occur in skin EXCEPT

Which of following layers associated with the skin would most likely contain a large amount of fat tissue?

Its takes approximately four weeks on average for a new keratinocyte to move from the stratum _____ to the stratum _____.

Which of the following is a pigment that contributes to the color of both hair and skin?

Which of labeled structures in the diagram secretes a viscous protein and lipid-rich sweat that leads to body odor when it is broken down by bacteria on the surface of skin?

The cells producing the pigment responsible for skin color are the

Keratinocytes are found exclusively in the outer strata of the epidermis.

All of the following are true for aging skin EXCEPT

A third-degree burn would damage

The hair matrix within the follicle produces new hairs by cell division.

Which layer of the skin contains cells that produce pigments that help protect the skin from the sun's ultraviolet light?

An inherited inability of an individual to produce melanin results in a condition known as

Smoking greatly accelerates the loss of elasticity of elastic fibers in the skin leading to premature aging.

Differences in the skin color of people are primarily due to the number of melanocytes found in their epidermis.

The arrector pili muscle attaches directly to the root of a hair.