Layers of the Skin
What are the three major layers of the skin?
What are the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis?
What protein gives skin, hair, and nails their strength?
What is keratin?
The skin helps protect the body from what harmful rays?
What are UV rays?
What is the visible part of the hair called?
What is the hair shaft?
What layer of skin contains most of the fat?
What is the Hypodermis
What pigment gives skin its color?
What is melanin?
What vitamin is produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight?
What is vitamin D?
What muscle causes “goosebumps”?
What is the arrector pili muscle?
Which layer of the skin is the outermost protective barrier?
What is the Epidermis
What type of gland produces sweat?
What is a sudoriferous gland?
What happens when too much melanin is produced due to sun exposure?
What is tanning?
What is the nail made mostly of?
What is Keratin?
What are the two layers of the dermis called?
What are the papillary and reticular layers?
What is the function of sebaceous glands?
What is to secrete sebum (oil) to keep skin and hair moisturized?
What condition occurs when hair follicles become clogged with oil and dead skin cells?
What is Acne?
What part of the hair is embedded in the skin?
What is the hair root?
Which layer of the epidermis is only found in thick skin, like the palms and soles?
What is the stratum lucidum?
Which cell type in the epidermis detects touch sensations?
What are Merkel cells?
What is the skin’s first line of defense against pathogens?
What is the stratum corneum (outermost epidermal layer)?
What is the half-moon shaped white area at the base of the nail called?
What is the lunula?