Answer Options:
A. Merocrine glands
B. Apocrine glands
C. Eccrine Glands
Answer Options:
A. Merocrine glands
B. Apocrine glands
C. Eccrine Glands
Answer: B. Apocrine glands
Question: Joe just burned himself on a hot pot. A blister forms and the burn is painful. Joe’s burn would best be described as a third-degree burn.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: The dermis has two major layers. Which layer constitutes 80% of the dermis and is responsible for the tension lines in the skin?
Answer Options:
the reticular layer
the hypodermal layer
the epidermal layer
the subcutaneous layer
Answer: the reticular layer
Question: The stratum corneum (outermost layer of skin) is a zone of approximately four layers of viable cells that are able to synthesize proteins that keep the outer layer of skin smooth and soft.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is a skin sensory receptor for touch?
Answer Options:
A. Ruffini body
B. tactile corpuscle
C. free nerve ending
D. Pacinian corpuscle
Answer Options:
A. Ruffini body
B. tactile corpuscle
C. free nerve ending
D. Pacinian corpuscle
Answer: B. tactile corpuscle
Question: A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order?
Answer Options:
basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum
granulosum, basale, spinosum, corneum
basale, spinosum, granulosum, corneum
corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale
Answer: corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale
Question: Which of the following does not serve as a signal for cell division?
Answer Options:
A. pairing of cyclins and Cdks
B. shrinking surface-to-volume ratio
C. loss of contact inhibition
D. repressor genes
Answer Options:
A. pairing of cyclins and Cdks
B. shrinking surface-to-volume ratio
C. loss of contact inhibition
D. repressor genes
Answer: D. repressor genes (Repressor genes typically inhibit cell division rather than serve as a signal for it.)
Question: Feeling a gentle caress on your arm would likely involve all of the following except
Answer Options:
hair follicle receptors
tactile discs
Pacinian corpuscles
Meissner’s corpuscles
Answer: Pacinian corpuscles
Question: Hair growth and density are influenced by hormones, nutrition, and, in some cases, lifestyle.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Raynaud’s disease _______.
Answer Options:
a) is significantly life-threatening
b) is induced by heat stress
Answer: is not significantly life-threatening
Question: Burns are devastating and debilitating because of loss of fluids and electrolytes from the body. How do physicians estimate the extent of burn damage associated with such dangerous fluid loss?
Answer Options:
by using the “rule of nines”
by observing the tissues that are usually moist
by measuring urinary output and fluid intake
through blood analysis
Answer: by using the “rule of nines”
Question: Which of the following cutaneous receptors is specialized for the reception of touch or light pressure?
Answer Options:
A. Pacinian corpuscles
B. Krause’s end bulbs
C. free nerve endings
D. Meissner’s corpuscles
Answer: D. Meissner’s corpuscles
Question: The single most important risk for skin cancer is ________.
Answer Options:
genetics
use of farm chemicals
overexposure to UV radiation
race
Answer: overexposure to UV radiation
Question: Select the most correct statement concerning skin cancer.
Answer Options:
A. Squamous cell carcinomas arise from the stratum corneum.
B. Most tumors that arise on the skin are malignant.
C. Basal cell carcinomas are the least common but most malignant.
D. Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them from metastasizing.
Answer Options:
A. Squamous cell carcinomas arise from the stratum corneum.
B. Most tumors that arise on the skin are malignant.
C. Basal cell carcinomas are the least common but most malignant.
D. Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them from metastasizing.
Answer: D. Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them from metastasizing.
Question: A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order?
Answer Options:
stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum
stratum granulosum, stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum corneum
stratum corneum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, stratum basale
corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale
Answer: corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale