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Introduction
Epidermis
Dermis
Accessory Glands
100
This layer of the skin has no blood vessels.
What is the epidermis?
100
Mitosis occurs primarily in this stratum of the epidermis.
What is the stratum basale?
100
The dermis is composed of this type of tissue.
What is connective tissue?
100

Eccrine glands are also known as _______ glands.

What are sweat glands?

200
This layer is not actually part of your skin.
What is the hypodermis?
200
This protein found throughout the epidermis gives the epidermis its protective properties.
What is keratin?
200
Blood vessels, collagen, elastin, and keratin----one of these is NOT associated with the dermis.
What is keratin?
200
Sweat is mostly composed of this.
What is water?
300
This percentage of your body weight (adult) is actually from the skin.
What is 7%?
300
These cells in the epidermis are key activators of the immune system.
What are dendritic cells?
300
This layer of the dermis is composed of dense irregular connective tissue.
What is the reticular layer?
300
These sweat glands are important for body temperature regulation.
What are eccrine glands?
400

The tough waterproof proteins that fills cells in the outer layers of the epidermis

What is keratin.

400
Dogs track humans by the scent of epithelial cells that are constantly being shed. These cells are shed from which stratum?
What is the stratum corneum?
400
This layer of the dermis is closest to the epidermis.
What is the papillary layer?
400

These glands produce sebum.

What is sebaceous?

500

This layer of the skin (subsection) is responsible for our fingerprints.

What is the papillary layer of the dermis?

500
You would expect to find the healthiest cells in this layer of the epidermis.
What is the stratum basale.
500
Dermal ______ are peglike folds of the superficial layer of the dermis.
What are papillae?
500

Sebaceous, eccrine, and apocrine are accessory glands of the ______.

What is the skin?