BIOL250 Week 7 Quiz 5

1. Question: The skin acts as a sense organ that detects which of the following? 2. Question: One of the functions of the integumentary system is protection. Which of the following does NOT directly contribute to that function? 3. Question: Scarring of skin after wound healing is a natural process. What are the scars that leave a sunken appearance called? 4. Question: The body can synthesize Vitamin D when: 5. Question: Collagen lends _________ to the skin. 6. Question: Which layer of the integument provides the most insulation? 7. Question: The skin is considered to be an organ because it ____________. 8. Question: In general, skin cancers _________. 9. Question: Which gland is primarily responsible for thermoregulation and homeostasis? 10. Question: What is the projection of the thick proximal nail fold commonly called the cuticle also known as? 11. Question: Sudoriferous glands are under the control of the _________ nervous system and are located in the dermis. 12. Question: As you are walking down the beach, you see a dead, dry, shriveled-up fish. Which layer of your epidermis keeps you from drying out? 13. Question: Which skin disorder causes damage to keratinocytes of the stratum spinosum? 14. Question: Which skin layer has a very thin translucent band of flattened dead keratinocytes packed with a clear protein. 15. Question: Which of these is the muscle attached to the hair follicle and the basal layer of the epidermis, responsible for goosebumps? 16. Question: What influences the color of skin? 17. Question: Which gland excretes chemicals that exert subtle effects on the sexual behavior and physiology of other people? 18. Question: Eccrine sweat glands ___________. 19. Question: The cuticle of the nail is also known as the _________. 20. Question: What is the largest organ of the body? 21. Question: Which of the following is NOT part of the epidermis? 22. Question: Which of the following receptors responds to vibration? 23. Question: Which of the following cells are primarily responsible for producing the pigment that gives color to the skin? 24. Question: Which of the following glands are closely associated with thermoregulation? 25. Question: Which of the following layers contain blood vessels?