PSYO 315 Midterm 2 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Touch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Has been defined as the variety of
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sensations evoked by stimulation of the skin by mechanical, thermal,
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chemical, or electrical events. | | |
The mechanical and physiological characteristics of the skin and these
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receptor structures... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-define and limit the
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sensitivity of the skin to stimuli | | | | |
Touch is a ___ sense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Proximal
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For a stimulus to be perceived - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-it myst actually
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come in contact with the skin.
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The surface of glabrous skin is ___ as a result of dermal intrusions into
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the epidermis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rigid
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Skin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mutlilayered sheet. Body's largest organ,
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protecting the rest of the body from dehydration, physical injury, and
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, ultraviolet radiation. Involved in the homeostatic mechanisms that
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regulate body temperature and blood pressure.
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Fingerprints develop in the __ month of fetal life - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-3/4
Outermost layer of the skin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-epidermis
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Corneum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-surface of the skin
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Made up of dead or keratinized cell bodies from the deeper subdivisions
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of the epidermis that have migrated outward as the skin renews itself
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from the inside out. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Corneum - surface of the
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skin
Dermal intrusions go ___ dermins to epidermis (going up) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-from
Merkel's discks are in the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dermis
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When the skin is touched ___ of the energy imposed on it will be
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transmitted through the medium - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-some
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With Correct Answers
Touch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Has been defined as the variety of
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sensations evoked by stimulation of the skin by mechanical, thermal,
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chemical, or electrical events. | | |
The mechanical and physiological characteristics of the skin and these
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receptor structures... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-define and limit the
| | | | | | | |
sensitivity of the skin to stimuli | | | | |
Touch is a ___ sense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Proximal
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For a stimulus to be perceived - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-it myst actually
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come in contact with the skin.
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The surface of glabrous skin is ___ as a result of dermal intrusions into
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the epidermis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rigid
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Skin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mutlilayered sheet. Body's largest organ,
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protecting the rest of the body from dehydration, physical injury, and
| | | | | | | | | | |
, ultraviolet radiation. Involved in the homeostatic mechanisms that
| | | | | | | |
regulate body temperature and blood pressure.
| | | | |
Fingerprints develop in the __ month of fetal life - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-3/4
Outermost layer of the skin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-epidermis
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Corneum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-surface of the skin
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Made up of dead or keratinized cell bodies from the deeper subdivisions
| | | | | | | | | | |
of the epidermis that have migrated outward as the skin renews itself
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from the inside out. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Corneum - surface of the
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skin
Dermal intrusions go ___ dermins to epidermis (going up) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-from
Merkel's discks are in the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dermis
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When the skin is touched ___ of the energy imposed on it will be
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transmitted through the medium - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-some
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