Structure of Skin

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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

Frage
What are the functions of skin?
Antworten
  • Protection
  • Thermoregulation
  • Fat store
  • Sensation
  • Produce vitamin C
  • Produce vitamin D

Frage 2

Frage
What is the most superficial layer of skin?
Antworten
  • Dermis
  • Epidermis
  • Subcutis

Frage 3

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How many layers make up the epidermis?
Antworten
  • 5 in normal skin, 4 in thick skin
  • 4 in normal skin, 5 in thick skin

Frage 4

Frage
What is the deepest layer of the epidermis?
Antworten
  • Stratum corneum
  • Stratum lucidum
  • Stratum Granulosum
  • Stratum Spinosum
  • Stratum Basale

Frage 5

Frage
What is the most superficial layer of the epidermis?
Antworten
  • Stratum Corneum
  • Stratum Lucidum
  • Stratum Granulosum
  • Stratum Spinosum
  • Stratum Basale

Frage 6

Frage
Which layer of the epidermis is only found in thick skin?
Antworten
  • Stratum corneum
  • Stratum lucidum
  • Stratum granulosum
  • Stratum spinosum
  • Stratum basale

Frage 7

Frage
Where on the body would you find thick skin?
Antworten
  • Soles of the feet
  • Knees
  • Fingertips
  • Palms of the hands
  • Lips

Frage 8

Frage
Between which layers of the epidermis is the stratum lucidum found?
Antworten
  • Between the stratum corneum and the stratum granulosum
  • Between the stratum granulosum and the stratum spinosum
  • Between the stratum spinosum and the stratum basale

Frage 9

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What is the function of the stratum basale?
Antworten
  • Endure the normal wear and tear of everyday life
  • Produce keratin and hydrophobic substances which keep the skin waterproof
  • Allow keratinocytes to mature and play a role in immune function
  • Constantly produce keratinocytes

Frage 10

Frage
What is the function of the stratum granulosum?
Antworten
  • Endure the normal everyday wear and tear
  • Produce keratin and hydrophobic substances that keep skin waterproof
  • Allow keratinocytes to mature and have a role in immunity
  • Constantly produce keratinocytes

Frage 11

Frage
What is the function of the stratum corneum?
Antworten
  • Endure the everyday wear and tear of everyday life
  • Produce keratin and hydrophobic substances that help to keep skin waterproof
  • Allow keratinocytes to mature and has a role in immune function
  • Constantly produce keratinocytes

Frage 12

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What is the function of the stratum spinosum?
Antworten
  • Endures the normal everyday wear and tear
  • Produces keratin and hydrophobic substances that help to keep skin waterproof
  • Allow keratinocytes to mature and has a role in immunity
  • Constantly produces keratinocytes

Frage 13

Frage
How many days, on average, does it take for cells produced in the stratum basale to reach the stratum corneum?
Antworten
  • 2 days
  • 5 days
  • 10 days
  • 20 days
  • 50 days

Frage 14

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In what dermatological disease is the turnover of keratinocytes increased?
Antworten
  • Atopic eczema
  • Psoriasis
  • Impetigo
  • Tinea

Frage 15

Frage
Which of the following are non-keratinising cells that can be found in the epidermis?
Antworten
  • Merkel cells
  • Beta cells
  • Langerhan cells
  • Melanocytes
  • Kpuffer cells
  • Keratinocytes

Frage 16

Frage
What are Langerhan cells
Antworten
  • Phagocytes
  • Antigen Presenting Cells
  • Pigment Producing Cells

Frage 17

Frage
What are Merkel Cells thought to do?
Antworten
  • Act as sensory receptors
  • Produce the pigment that gives skin its colour
  • Produce collagen

Frage 18

Frage
What keeps the dermis and the epidermis separate?
Antworten
  • A layer of fat
  • A layer of type II collagen
  • A basement membrane

Frage 19

Frage
What is the name of the upper layer of the dermis?
Antworten
  • Papillary dermis
  • Reticular dermis

Frage 20

Frage
What is the name of the lower layer of the dermis?
Antworten
  • Papillary dermis
  • Reticular dermis

Frage 21

Frage
Which of the following is not found within the dermis?
Antworten
  • Fibroblasts, fibrocytes and their extracellular products
  • Collagen and elastin
  • Melanocytes
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Blood vessels and nerves
  • Some immune cells

Frage 22

Frage
Where is the deep vascular plexus?
Antworten
  • Stratum basale of the epidermis
  • Reticular dermis only
  • Reticular dermis, with small branches entering the papillary dermis

Frage 23

Frage
Where is the superficial vascular plexus?
Antworten
  • Stratum basale of the epidermis
  • Reticular dermis only
  • Reticular dermis, with branches running into the papillary dermis

Frage 24

Frage
Why does blood flow within the skin need to be variable?
Antworten
  • To allow sensation
  • To allow blood to be directed to other areas of the body when they functioning more than usual
  • For thermoregulation

Frage 25

Frage
What nervous system allows the blood flow to the skin to be changed by constricting some of the anastamoses?
Antworten
  • Sympathetic nervous system
  • Parasympathetic nervous system

Frage 26

Frage
What are the four different types of nerve endings found in the dermis?
Antworten
  • Free nerve endings
  • Fixed nerve endings
  • Pacinian corpuscles
  • Meissner's corpuscles
  • Merkel cellls
  • Langerhan cells

Frage 27

Frage
What is the subcutis predominantly made up of?
Antworten
  • Type II collagen
  • Type I collagen
  • Adipose tissue
  • Melanocytes

Frage 28

Frage
What are the functions of the subcutis?
Antworten
  • Heat insulator
  • Produce vitamin D
  • Act as a food store
  • Produce melanin
  • Produce type II collagen
  • Act as a shock absorber

Frage 29

Frage
Which of the following are associated with hair follicles?
Antworten
  • Apocrine sweat glands
  • Eccrine sweat glands
  • Sebaceous glands
  • Arrector pili muscles

Frage 30

Frage
What do sebaceous glands produce?
Antworten
  • Watery substances
  • Sebum
  • Kertain for hair formation

Frage 31

Frage
What is the function of sebum?
Antworten
  • It has antibiotic functions and protects us from bacteria
  • It moisturizes skin and hair
  • It allows us to lose heat when we are too hot

Frage 32

Frage
Hair and nails are made out of the same substance: keratin. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 33

Frage
What does soft keratin contain that hard keratin does not?
Antworten
  • Granular layer
  • Adipose tissue
  • Type II collagen

Frage 34

Frage
What are the two types of sweat gland found in skin?
Antworten
  • Sebaceous
  • Apocrine
  • Eccrine

Frage 35

Frage
Which of these sweat glands produces smelly sweat?
Antworten
  • Apocrine
  • Eccrine

Frage 36

Frage
What is the mechanism of secretion for eccrine sweat glands?
Antworten
  • Holocrine
  • Apotosis
  • Merocrine

Frage 37

Frage
How are eccrine sweat glands innervated?
Antworten
  • Sympathetic cholenergic control
  • Sympathetic adrenergic control
  • Parasympathetic cholenergic control

Frage 38

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Where on the body are apocrine sweat glands found?
Antworten
  • Hands and feet
  • Armpits
  • Genitalia and groin
  • Everywhere that there is thick hair on the body

Frage 39

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What is the innervation of apocrine sweat glands?
Antworten
  • Sympathetic adrenergic control
  • Sympathetic cholenergic control
  • Parasympathetic cholenergic control

Frage 40

Frage
What is the function of vitamin D?
Antworten
  • Regulates calcium and phosphate metabolism
  • Regulates sodium and calcium metabolism
  • Regulates sodium and potassium metabolism

Frage 41

Frage
How much vitamin D is produced by our skin?
Antworten
  • 25%
  • 55%
  • 70%
  • 90%

Frage 42

Frage
Lack of vitamin D in adults can cause what disease?
Antworten
  • Osteomalacia
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rickets
  • Osteoporosis

Frage 43

Frage
Where in the body is vitamin D activated?
Antworten
  • Blood vessels
  • Kidneys
  • Spleen

Frage 44

Frage
In what layer of the epidermis are melanocytes found?
Antworten
  • Stratum corneum
  • Stratum lucidum
  • Stratum granulosum
  • Stratum spinosum
  • Stratum basale

Frage 45

Frage
What is the histological appearance of melanocytes?
Antworten
  • Dark, flat cells resting on the basement membrane
  • Cells with many dendrites which mostly penetrate the basale layer
  • Round cells with visible granules inside

Frage 46

Frage
What does melanin do?
Antworten
  • Gives skin its colour
  • Protects the skin from harmful UV radiation
  • All of the above

Frage 47

Frage
What are the two types of melanin?
Antworten
  • Eumelanin
  • Pheomelanin
  • Fibromelanin
  • Neomelanin

Frage 48

Frage
How do these two types of melanin cause the wide range of skin colours seen in humans?
Antworten
  • They are mixed in different ratios
  • Darker skinned people have more melanin than lighter skinned people
  • Lighter skinned people only have one type of melanin
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