Exam 5: The Integumentary System

Blood flow through the dermis of the skin is decreased by:

The ends of fingers and toes are protected from mechanical injury by ____________________.

In a warm environment,the arterioles in the dermis will:

Which of the following statements are true of melanocytes and melanin? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

A potentially serious consequence of profuse sweating is:

In the skin,mitosis takes place continuously in:

Which of the following statements are true of the layers of the skin? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

Which statement is NOT true of the epidermis?

Ultraviolet rays of the sun stimulate production of ____ in the skin.

Living skin cells are protected from exposure to ultraviolet rays by ____________________.

The structure in which a hair grows is called a ____________________,and the process by which a hair grows is ____________________.

In the superficial fascia,the tissue that contains many white blood cells is ____________________.

Which of the following statements are true of the epidermis? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

Langerhans cells are found in the ____________________ of the skin,where they ____________________.

The layer of the skin that is made of fibrous connective tissue is the ____________________.

Human hair has an insulating function for the ____________________.

Which of the following statements are true of the integumentary system? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The purpose of sweating is to increase the loss of ____________________,but it has the disadvantage of leading to ____________________.

A nail grows by the process of ____________________ in the ____________________.

The arterioles in the dermis will constrict when the external environment becomes ____________________.