What is the function of the integumentary system?
A. Produces new life
B. Integrates all body functions
C. Protects the body against invasions by bacteria
D. Provides shape and support to the body
Answer: C. Protects the body against invasions by bacteria
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What are the major structures of the integumentary system?
A. Skin
B. Sweat glands
C. Sebaceous glands
D. All of the above
Answer : D. All of the above
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What is jaundice ?
A. yellow coloring of the skin
B. red coloring of the skin
C. open sore with deep loss of skin
D. itchy raised area with irregular shape
Answer: A. yellow coloring of the skin
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What is the thinnest layer of skin?
A. your legs
B. your arms
C. your eyelids
D. your ears
Answer : C. your eyelids
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What is acne?
A. a skin tag
B. baldness
C. What is disease of the skin causing lesions usually related to excessive oil production
D.hardened skin
Answer: C.What is disease of the skin causing lesions usually related to excessive oil production
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What glands produce an oil that keeps the hair and the skin soft and also acts as a barrier against bacteria ?
A. sudoriferous
B. follicle
C. oil
D. sebaceous
Answer: sebaceous
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What is the outermost layer of the skin ?
A. Hypodermis
B. Dermis
C. Epidermis
D. Hyperdermis
Answer: C. Epidermis
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What causes contact dermatitis ?
A. Food & detergents
B. Allergic reaction to pollen & cosmetics
C. None of the above
D. All of the above
Answer : D. All of the above
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How much skin does an adult have ?
A. 30 sq.ft
B. 15 sq.ft
C. 10 sq.ft
D. 20 sq.ft
Answer: D. 20 sq.ft
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What is the medical terminology for skin ?
A. Cutane/o
B. dermat/o
C. derm/o
D. all the above
Answer: D. all the above
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What is another name for sudoriferous glands ?
A. sweat
B. oil
C. sebaceous
D. none of the above
Answer: A . sweat
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What is the nail made of ?
A. Dead epithelial cells
B. Bone
C. A&D
D. None of the above
Answer: A . Dead epithelial cells
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What is psoriasis ?
A. Red coloring of the skin
B. A chronic skin disorder in which to many epidermal cells are produced in the body
C. Inflammation of the skin
D. Red itchy raised bumps on the skin
Answer: B. A chronic skin disorder in which to many epidermal cells are produced in the body
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Your skin grows _____ mm per week.
A. 5mm
B. 6mm
C. 7mm
D. 8mm
Answer: A. 5mm
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What is dermatitis ?
A. inflammation of the dermis
B. inflammation of the skin
C. inflammation of the epidermis
D. inflammation of the hypodermis
Answer: B. inflammation of the skin
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The _______ grows beneath the skins surface in a tube called ________?
A. Follicle ,root
B. Root ,follicle
C. Shaft ,follicle
D. Follicle, shaft
Answer: B. Root , follicle
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What type of tissue is the hypodermis made of ?
A. Muscular
B. Nervous
C. Connective
D. Epithelial
Answer: C. Connective
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What age group doe acne vulgaris occur in ?
A. Young adulthood
B. Older adulthood
C. Adolescent
D. Middle adulthood
Answer: C. Adolescent
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How much skin are you likely to shed in a lifetime?
A. 10 pounds
B. 20 pounds
C. 30 pounds
D. 40 pounds
Answer : D. 40
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What is lunual ?
A. rod -like structures conposed of tightly fused died protein cells
B. narrow band of epidermis attached to the surface of the nail
C. tiny muscle fibers attached to the hair follicles
D. is a pale half moon shaped region at every nail root
Answer :D. is a pale half moon shaped region at every nail root
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What is the pigment that absorbs ultraviolet light to tan the skin?
A. melanin
B. carotene
C. subcutaneous fascia
D. stratum corneum
Answer: A.melanin
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What doesn't this system have ?
A . Blood vessels
B. Fatty tissues
C. Nerves
D. Lymph vessels
Answer: A. Blood vessels
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What is Eczema ?
A. A chronic noncontagious inflammation of the skin
B. Bluish coloring of the skin
C. Pus -filled raised sac
D. Flat discolored spot on the skin
Answer: A. A chronic noncontagious inflammation of the skin
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The dermis ________
A. Has five layers
B. Has six layers
C. Has two layers
D. Has four Layers
Answer: C. Has two layers
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What is papule ?
A. is a small raised red lesion that is less than .5 cm in diameter and doesnt contain puss
B. a blood clot risen to the top of the skin and visible
C. All of the above
D.None of the above
Answer: A. is a small raised red lesion that is less than .5 cm in diameter and doesnt contain puss