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A&P CH-5
Question | Answer |
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WHAT IS THE CORRECT STATEMENT CONCERNING SKIN CANCER | MELANOMAS ARE RARE BUT MUST BE REMOVED QUICKLY TO PREVENT THEM FROM METASTASIZING (D) |
_____ IS AN INHERITED CONDITION THAT AFFECTS THE HEME PATHWAY;IT LEAVES SKIN SCARRED & GUMS DEGENERATED AND MAY HAVE LED TO FOLKLORE ABOUT VAMPIRES | PORPHYRIA (A) |
A NEEDLE WOULD PIERCE THE EPIDERMAL LAYERS OF THE FOREARM IN WHICH ORDER? | CORNEUM, GRANULOSOM, SPINOSUM, BASALE (D) |
THE MAJOR REGIONS OF A HAIR SHAFT INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT? | EXTERNAL ROOT SHEATH (C) |
ACNE IS A DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH? | SEBACEOUS GLANDS (B) |
THE DERMIS HAS? | TWO LAYERS (B) |
WHICH MUSCLES ATTACHED TO THE HAIR FOLLICLES CAUSE GOOSE BUMPS? | ARRECTOR PILI (B) |
IF A SPLINTER PENETRATED THE SKIN INTO THE 2ND EPIDERMAL LAYER OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT WHICH CELLS GET DAMAGED? | LUCIDUM (C) |
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CUTANEOUS RECEPTORS IS SPECIALIZED FOR THE RECEPTION OF TOUCH OR LIGHT PRESSURE? | MEISSNERS CORPUSCLES (A) |
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A SKIN SENSORY RECEPTOR FOR TOUCH? | MEISSNERS CORPUSCLES (B) |
WHICH STATEMENT CORRECTLY EXPLAINS WHY HAIR APPEARS THE WAY IT DOES? | KINKY HAIR HAS FLAT, RIBBONLIKE HAIR SHAFTS. (A) |
SUDORIFEROUS GLANDS VARY IN DISTRIBUTION OVER THE SURFACE OF THE BODY BY. | CERUMINOUS GLANDS SECRETE CERUMEN, WHICH IS THOUGHT TO DETER INSECTS (C) |
ALTHOUGH INTEGUMENT IS A COVERING IT IS BY NO MEANS SIMPLE, AND SOME OF ITS FUNCTIONS INCLUDE? | RESIDENT MACROPHANGE LIKE CELLS WHOSE FUNCTION IS TO INGEST ANTIGENIC INVADERS & PRESENT THEM TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. (B) |
THE FUNCTION OF THE ROOT HAIR PLEXUS IS TO? | ALLOW THE HAIR TO ASSIST IN TOUCH SENSATION (D) |
VERNIX CASEOSA IS A? | WHITISH MATERIAL PRODUCED BY FETAL SEBACCEOUS GLANDS. (B) |
THE_____ GLAND IS A MODIFIED SUDORIFOROUS GLAND THAT SECRETES WAX | CERUMINOUS (C) |
NUTRIENTS REACH THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN (EPIDERMIS) THROUGH THE PROCESS OF? | DIFFUSING THROUGH THE TISSUE FLUID FROM BLOOD VESSELS IN THE DERMIS (D) |
THE REASON THE HYPODERMIS ACTS AS A SHOCK ABSORBER IS THAT? | THE MAJOR PART OF ITS MAKEUP IS ADIPOSE, WHICH SERVES AS AN EFFECTIVE SHOCK ABSORBER (C) |
WHICH TYPE OF SKIN CANCER APPEARS AS SCALY REDDENED PAPULE AND TENDS TO GROW RAPIDLY AND MATASTISIZE? | SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (B) |
KERATINOCYTES ARE AN IMPORTANT EPIDERMAL CELL BECAUSE THEY? | PRODUCE A FIBROUS PROTEIN THAT GIVES THE SKIN MUCH OF ITS PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES (A) |
MELANOCYTES AND KERATINOCYTES WORK TOGETHER IN PROTECTING THE SKIN FROM UV DAMAGE WHEN KERATINOCYTES? | ACCUMULATE THE MELANIN GRANULES ON THEIR SUPERFICIAL PORTION, FORMING A UV BLOCKING PIGMENT LAYER (B) |
THE EPIDERMIS CONSISTS OF 5 LAYERS OF CELLS, EACH LAYER W/ A DISTINCT ROLE TO PLAY IN HEALTH, WELL BEING AND FUNCTIONING OF SKIN. WHICH LAYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CELL DIVISION & REPLACEMENT | STRATUM BASALE (C) |
THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM IS PROTECTED BY THE ACTION OF CELLS THAT ARISE FROM BONE MARROW AND MIGRATE TO THE EPIDERMIS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CELLS SERVE THIS FUNCTION? | MACROPHANGES CALLED EPIDERMAL DENDRITIC CELLS (B) |
WATER LOSS THROUGH THE EPIDERMIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS THREAT TO HEALTH AND WELL BEING. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROTECTS US AGAINST EXCESSIVE WATER LOSS THROUGH SKIN? | LAMELLATED GRANULES OF THE CELLS OF THE STRATUM GRANULOSUM, A GLYCOLIPID THAT IS SECRETED INTO EXTRACELLULAR SPACES. (A) |
THE DERMIS IS A STONG FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE LAYER. WHICH CELL TYPES ARE LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN THE DERMIS? | FIBROBLASTS, MACROPHANGES, AND MAST CELLS (C) |
THE DERMIS HAS 2 MAJOR LAYERS; WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUES 80% OF THE DERMIS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TENSION LINES IN THE SKIN? | THE RETICULAR LAYER (A) |
DESPITE ITS APPARENT DURABILITY, THE DERMIS IS SUBJECT TO TEARING. HOW MIGHT A PERSON KNOW THAT THE DERMIS HAS BEEN STRETCHED OR TORN? | THE APPEARENCE OF VISIBLE SILVERY WHITE SCARS IS AN INDICATION OF STRETCHING OF THE DERMIS. (B) |
THE PAPILLARY LAYER OF THE DERMIS IS CONNECTIVE TISSUE HEAVILY INVESTED W/ BLOOD VESSELS. THE SUPERFICIAL SURGACE HAS STRUCTURES CALLED? | DERMAL PAPILLAE (A) |
THE DESIGN OF A PERSONS EPIDERMAL RIDGES IS DETERMINED BY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PAPILLAE REST UPON THE DERMAL RIDGES TO PRODUCE THE SPECIFIC PATTERN KNOWN AS HANDPRINTS FOOTPRINTS AND FINGERPRINTS.WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THEM? | THEY ARE GENTICALLY DETERMINED, THEREFORE UNIQUE TO EACH PERSON (B) |
WHAT INDICATES THE WAY IN WHICH THE BODYS NATURAL DEFENSES PROTECT THE SKIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF UV DAMAGE | PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SUN INDUCES MALANIN DISPERSION, WHICH IN TURN ACTS AS A NATURAL SUNSCREEN. (D) |
AN EPIDERMAL DENDRITIC CELL IS A SPECIALIZED? | PHAGOCYTIC CELL (B) |
WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS INFLUENCING HAIR GROWTH? | NUTRITION AND HORMONES (D) |
WHAT BEST DESCRIBES WHAT FINGERNAILS ACTUALLY ARE? | FINGERNAILS ARE A MODIFICATION OF THE EPIDERMAS (A) |
SUDORIFEROUS (SWEAT) GLANDS ARE CATEGORIZED AS TWO DISTINCT TYPES. WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES? | ECCRINE AND APOCRINE (C) |
THE COMPOSITIONS OF THE SECRETIONS OF THE ECCRINE GLANDS IS? | 99% WATER, SODIUM CHLORIDE, TRACE AMOUNTS OF WASTE, AND VITIMIN C (b) |
APOCRINE GLANDS, WHICH BEGIN TO FUNCTION AT PUBERTY UNDER HORMONAL INFLUENCE, SEEM TO PLAY LITTLE ROLE IN THERMOREGULATION. WHERE WOULD WE FIND THESE GLANDS IN THE BODY? | IN THE AXILLARY AND ANOGENITAL AREA (C) |
THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS ARE SIMPLE ALVEOLAR GLANDS THAT SECRETE A SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS SEBUM. THE SECRETION OF SEBUM IS STIMULATED? | BY HORMONES ESPECIALLY ANDROGENS (C) |
IN ADDITION TO PROTECTION (PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL BARRIER) THE SKIN SERVES OTHER FUNCTIONS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS ANOTHER VITAL FUNCTION OF THE SKIN? | IT CONVERTS MODIFIED EPIDERMAL CHOLESTEROL TO A VITAMIN D PRECURSOR IMPORTANT TO CALCIUM METABOLISM (A) |
BURNS ARE DEVASTATING AND DEBILITATING BECAUSE OF LOSS OF FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES FROM THE BODY. HOW DO PHYSICIANS ESTIMATE THE EXTENT OF BURN DAMAGE ASSOC. W/ SUCH DANGEROUS FLUID LOSS? | BY USING THE RULE OF NINES (D) |
WHAT IS THE FIRST THREAT TO LIFE FROM A MASSIVE THIRD DEGREE BURN? | CATASTROPHIC FLUID LOSS (B) |
MALE PATTERN BALDNESS HAS A GENETIC SWITCH THAT TURNS ON IN RESPONSE TO? | MALE HORMONES (D) |
EYEBROW HAIRS ARE ALWAYS SHORTER THAN HAIRS ON YOUR HEAD BECAUSE? | EYEBROW FOLICLES ARE ONLY ACTIVE FOR A FEW MINUTES. (B) |
CRADLE CAP IN INFANTS IS CALLED | SEBORRHEA |
THE WHITE CRESCENT PORTION OF THE NAIL IS CALLED? | LUNULE |
THE LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS IMMEDIATELY UNDER THE STRATUM LUCIDUM IN THICK SKIN IS THE STRATUM | GRANULOSUM |
THE____ ARE SMALL MUSCLES LOCATED IN THE DERMIS THAT CAUSE GOOSE BUMPS | ARRECTOR PILLI |
A SUMMERTIME GOLDEN BRONZE TAN MAY NOT BE A TAN AT ALL; ESPECIALLY IF THE SKIN APPEARS ALMOST METALLIC BRONZE. IT MAY BE A RESULT OF ___DISEASE. | ADDISONS DISEASE |
THE COARSE HAIR OF THE EYEBROWS AND SCALP IS CALLED ______HAIR | TERMINAL |
_____ BURNS INJURE THE EPIDERMIS AND THE UPPER REGIONS OF THE DERMIS | SECOND DEGREE |