Exam 5: The Integumentary System

The layer below the dermis is called the _____.

List the common functions of the skin.

During deep wound healing, _____ bridge the wound beneath the scab formed by the blood clot.

Tactile epithelial cells are found in the _____.

Which of the labeled epidermal layers in the diagram is found in "thick skin" but not in "thin skin"?

_____ are pressure ulcers caused by decreased blood circulation to an area of the skin.

During tattooing, ink is deposited into the _____ of the skin.

Which of the following processes represents the last stage of epidermal wound healing?

Carotene tends to form patches in the skin called freckles.

The dermis contains both elastic and collagen fibers.

Use the rule of nines to estimate the surface area affected by a burn in an adult with third degree burns over the anterior and posterior surfaces of the right leg, and the anterior and posterior surfaces of the right arm.

Name the exocrine glands associated with the skin and name the product each of these glands secretes.

Plates of tightly packed, hard, dead, keratinized cells of the epidermis found at the distal end of fingers and toes are referred to as _____.

The color of blackheads is due to the presence of _____ and _____ within an enlarged sebaceous gland.

Exocrine glands found in the external auditory canal that secrete protective earwax are called

Carotene is a pigment of the skin.

The general term for any form of itching is

The outermost portion of the skin is the

Dandruff is excessive shedding of keratinized cells from the scalp.

Cells of the skin's epidermis that participate in the immune response to microbes are called