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The Integumentary Answer Key
The Integumentary Answer Key
The correct answer for each question is indicated by a This is the correct answer..
1 INCORRECT
A) mucous
B) cutaneous
C) serous
D) synovial
2 INCORRECT
3 INCORRECT
4 INCORRECT
A) dermis.
B) stratum corneum.
C) stratum basale.
D) integument
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The uppermost layer of the epidermis is the stratum corneum.
5 INCORRECT
Identify the layer of the epidermis that contains constantly dividing cells.
A) stratum corneum
B) stratum lucidum
C) stratum basale
D) stratum hypodermis
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The stratum basale contains constantly dividing cells.
6 INCORRECT
Identify the layers of the epidermis in order from deepest to the most superficial.
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The layers of the epidermis from deepest to most superficial are the strata.
7 CORRECT
A) keratinocyte
B) Langerhans cell
C) melanocytes
D) Merkel cells
Feedback: Correct.
8 INCORRECT
The cell of the epidermis that produces the pigment primarily responsible for skin color is the:
A) keratinocyte
B) Langerhans cell
C) melanocytes
D) Merkel cells
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Keratinocytes produce the waterproofing protein keratin. Melanocytes produce melanin, the
pigment primarily responsible for skin color.
9 INCORRECT
A) keratinocyte
B) Langerhans cell
C) melanocytes
D) Merkel cells
Feedback: 1) Incorrect answer. Keratinocytes produce the waterproofing protein keratin. Merkel cells are tactile cells.
10 INCORRECT
A) keratinocyte
B) Langerhans cell
C) melanocytes
D) Merkel cells
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Keratinocytes produce the waterproofing protein keratin. Langerhans cells are macrophages
that phagocytize microbes.
11 INCORRECT
A) carotene.
B) hemoglobin.
C) melanin.
D) keratin.
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The water-proofing protein found in the epidermis is keratin.
12 INCORRECT
Which layer of the epidermis is found only on the palms of the hands and other locations to protect from constant
friction?
A) stratum corneum
B) stratum lucidum
C) stratum granulosum
D) stratum basale
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The stratum lucidum provides extra layers to protect from constant friction.
13 INCORRECT
14 INCORRECT
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The dermis is composed of dense irregular connective tissue.
15 INCORRECT
Place the layers of the skin and the hypodermis in order of most superficial to deepest.
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The layers arranged in order of most superficial to deepest is epidermis, dermis and
hypodermis.
16 INCORRECT
A) collagenous fibers.
B) stratum corneum.
C) albinism.
D) decubitus ulcers.
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Bed sores are also known as decubitus ulcers.
17 INCORRECT
A) cutaneous membrane.
B) integument.
C) mucous membrane
D) subcutaneous tissue
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The subcutaneous tissue is also called the hypodermis.
18 INCORRECT
D) stratified squamous
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The hypodermis consists of loose connective and adipose tissue.
19 INCORRECT
A) dermal
B) epidermal
C) hypodermal
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The hair, nails and glands originate from epidermal tissue.
20 INCORRECT
The region of hair within the follicle is the _____ and the region above the surface of the skin is the _____.
A) axon; shaft
B) shaft; axon
C) root; shaft
D) shaft; root
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The root if the portion of the hair within the follicle and the shaft is the portion of the hair
above the surface of the skin.
21 INCORRECT
Which of the following is NOT associated with a hair follicle?
A) sebaceous gland
C) epidermal cells
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Sebaceous glands are associated with a hair follicle.
22 CORRECT
B) hair follicle
C) sebaceous gland
D) ceruminous gland
23 INCORRECT
The sweat glands that open onto the skin surface are called _______ sweat glands.
A) sebaceous
B) eccrine
C) ceruminous
D) apocrine
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Sebaceous glands are not sweat glands. The sweat glands that open onto the skin surface
are called eccrine sweat glands.
24 INCORRECT
A) follicle.
B) nail bed
C) lunula
D) cuticle.
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The area of rapidly reproducing cells of the nail is the lunula.
25 CORRECT
A) ear wax
B) keratin
C) oil
D) sweat
26 INCORRECT
B) Ceruminous glands
D) Sebaceous glands
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Apocrine sudoriferous glands may secrete sexual attractants.
27 CORRECT
Identify the glands that begin secreting at puberty and secrete sexual attractants.
B) Ceruminous glands
D) Sebaceous glands
28 INCORRECT
A) sebaceous
B) sudoriferous
C) endocrine
D) ceruminous
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Another term for sweat glands is sudoriferous glands.
29 INCORRECT
The substance that lubricates skin and hair and weakens bacteria on the surface of the skin is:
A) cerumen
B) keratin
C) sebum
D) sweat
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Cerumen is earwax. Sebum lubricates the skin and hair and weakens bacteria on the surface
of the skin.
30 INCORRECT
Feedback: Incorrect answer. This is a function of sebum. Helping to cool the body is not a function.
31 CORRECT
What do we call a skin inflammation caused by sensitivity to various chemicals, fabrics, or heat?
A) eczema
B) mole
C) psoriasis
D) melanoma
Feedback: Correct answer. Eczema is a skin inflammation caused by sensitivity to various chemicals, fabrics, or heat.
32 INCORRECT
A) impetigo
B) psoriasis
C) eczema
D) urticaria
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Psoriasis is characterized by pink patches covered by silvery scales.
33 INCORRECT
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Impetigo is not a viral infection. It is caused by a bacterial infection.
34 INCORRECT
B) mole
D) melanoma
35 CORRECT
B) mole
D) melanoma
Feedback: Correct.
36 INCORRECT
A) smoking.
C) exposure to UV radiation.
D) exposure to fungus.
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The most common cause of skin cancer is exposure to UV radiation.
37 INCORRECT
Feedback: Incorrect answer. The ABCDE warning signs for melanoma stand for asymmetrical, boarder, change, diameter
and evolve.
38 INCORRECT
1)Clot forms.
5)Scar is formed.
A) 1-3-4-5-2
B) 3-1-4-2-5
C) 3-4-1-2-5
D) 1-5-3-4-2
Feedback: Incorrect answer. When there is damage to tissue there is first inflammation and the wound will fill with blood
if blood vessels are damaged. A clot forms and then white blood cells and fibroblasts migrate to the site of the wound.
The fibroblasts begin to promote tissue regeneration and a scar is formed.
39 INCORRECT
A scar is made of
D) collagen fibers.
40 INCORRECT
A burn that extends through the epidermis and part of the dermis is a _____ degree burn.
A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth
Feedback: Incorrect answer. A burn that extends through the epidermis and part of the dermis is a second degree burn.
41 INCORRECT
When all the skin has been destroyed and the patient feels no immediate pain, this is a ____ degree burn.
A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth
Feedback: Incorrect answer. When all the skin has been destroyed and the patient feels no immediate pain, this is a third
degree burn.
42 CORRECT
Willi burned his entire right leg, the back of his trunk, and the back of his head. Using the "rule of nines", estimate the
percent of his body burned.
A) 40.5%
B) 45%
C) 36%
D) 27%
Feedback: Correct answer. Entire right leg = 18%, back of the trunk = 18%, back of the head = 4.5% for 40.5% total.
43 INCORRECT
Which of the following is NOT an effect of aging of the skin or its appendages?
Feedback: Incorrect answer. This is an aging effect. Having more sweat glands is incorrect. There are less.
44 INCORRECT
A) Temperature regulation.
B) Vitamin D synthesis.
Feedback: Incorrect answer. Temperature regulation is a function of the skin. Blood cell production is a function of bone.
45 INCORRECT
Feedback: Incorrect answer. This is a protective function. Sweating to reduce temperature is a temperature regulation
function.
46 CORRECT
B) shivering
47 INCORRECT
A) hypothermia
B) fever
C) goose bumps
D) immunotherapy
48 INCORRECT
B) loss of salts
D) no sweating