Cos chapter 7

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Question Answer
1

A physician who specialized in diseases and disorders of the skin, hair, and nails is ____________-----

a dermatologist 

2

Healthy skin has ___________ texture and is smooth

a fine-grained 

3

Appendages of the skin include hair, nails, and sudoriferous and _____________ glands 

sebaceous 

4

Which of the following correctly identifies the layers of the skin and fat from the outermost layer to the innermost layer?

Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous 

5

As cells die they are pushed to the surface to replace dead cells that are shed from the _____________

stratum corneum 

6

The layer directly beneath the epidermis is the ______________

papillary layer

7

Which type of tissue gives smoothness and contour to the body, contains fats for use as energy, and also acts as a protective cushion for the skin? 

subcutaneous tissue 

8

Which nerve fibers are distributed to the arrector pili muscles attached to the hair follicles?

Motor nerve fibers 

9

Nerves that regulate the excretion of perspiration from the sudoriferous glands and control the flow of sebum to the surface of the skin are _____________

secretory nerve fibers 

10

__________________ fibers react to heat, cold, touch, pressure, and pain 

Sensory nerve