SCI 221 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Apocrine sweat glands can be found in all of the following areas except the:
soles of the feet.
In which skin layer does the process of keratinization begin?
Stratum granulosum
Which skin layer contains closely packed, clear cells that contain a gel-like
substance called eleidin?
Stratum lucidum
Which cells of the skin act as a type of antigen-presenting cell in the skin?
Dendritic cells
Which skin layer has cells that look prickly because of the desmosomes that join
the cells together?
Stratum spinosum
The hair follicle is found in the:
dermis
The hair papilla consists of _____ tissue.
dermal
Which is not part of a hair?
lanugo
Hair:
- alternates between periods of growth and rest.
- consists of keratinized cells.
- is formed from cells of the germinal matrix.
Which skin layer is called the barrier area?
Stratum corneum
Smooth muscles that produce goose pimples when they contract are the _____
muscles.
arrector pili
fingernail growth is the result of the mitosis of the cells in the stratum:
germinativum.
The gland responsible for the waxy secretion in the external ear canal is:
ceruminous.
Which cells of the skin are filled with a tough, fibrous protein and account for
most of the epidermal cells of the skin?
Keratinocytes
The nail body forms at the nail root, which has a matrix of proliferating cells from
the _____________ that enables the nail to grow continuously.
stratum basale
Which is not a function of epithelial tissue?
Assimilation
The type of tissue that contains cells called neurons is called:
LATEST UPDATE
Apocrine sweat glands can be found in all of the following areas except the:
soles of the feet.
In which skin layer does the process of keratinization begin?
Stratum granulosum
Which skin layer contains closely packed, clear cells that contain a gel-like
substance called eleidin?
Stratum lucidum
Which cells of the skin act as a type of antigen-presenting cell in the skin?
Dendritic cells
Which skin layer has cells that look prickly because of the desmosomes that join
the cells together?
Stratum spinosum
The hair follicle is found in the:
dermis
The hair papilla consists of _____ tissue.
dermal
Which is not part of a hair?
lanugo
Hair:
- alternates between periods of growth and rest.
- consists of keratinized cells.
- is formed from cells of the germinal matrix.
Which skin layer is called the barrier area?
Stratum corneum
Smooth muscles that produce goose pimples when they contract are the _____
muscles.
arrector pili
fingernail growth is the result of the mitosis of the cells in the stratum:
germinativum.
The gland responsible for the waxy secretion in the external ear canal is:
ceruminous.
Which cells of the skin are filled with a tough, fibrous protein and account for
most of the epidermal cells of the skin?
Keratinocytes
The nail body forms at the nail root, which has a matrix of proliferating cells from
the _____________ that enables the nail to grow continuously.
stratum basale
Which is not a function of epithelial tissue?
Assimilation
The type of tissue that contains cells called neurons is called:
