Questions and All Correct Answers
2026-2027 Updated.
homeostasis - Answer stable internal operating conditions within the body
- temperature
- blood pH - Answer examples of homeostasis
integument - Answer protective outer covering of the body (1st layer exposed to outside
conditions)
- protection
- helps control internal temperature
- sensory receptors detect environmental stimuli - Answer functions of the integument
- abrasion
- bacterial attacks
- ultraviolet radiation
- dehydration - Answer the integument protects from
epidermis - Answer outer layer of the skin; formed by several layers of cells
stratum basale - Answer umbesinnst Kater if the epidermis (mitoic); contains melanocytes
which darken the skin and agains UV rays
Stratum corneum - Answer outermost layer of the epidermis; consist of flattened dead skin
cells (keratin)
dermis - Answer inner layer of the skin; mostly connective tissue - composed of collagen and
elastin (proteins)
dermis - Answer houses blood vessels, lymph vessels, oil and sweat glands, and sensory
nerves
, integument system - Answer sweat glands, oil glands, hair, arrector pili muscle, dermis, and
epidermis are all part of the ____.
sweat glands - Answer ____ produce fluid in response to stress (fright, over heating)
oil glands - Answer _____ lubricate and soften the skin and produce secretions that reduce
bacterial populations
hair - Answer the root is imbedded in the dermis
arrector pili - Answer smooth muscles that are attached to, and erect hairs - cause goose
bumps (cold, scared)
hypertrichosis - Answer abnormal amounts of hair - genetic condition in humans
skin cancer - Answer the most common form of cancer in the US - about 1/2 of the cancers
found each year
- basal cell carcinoma
- squamous cell carcinoma
- malignant melanoma (most dangerous) - Answer types of skin cancer
melanoma - Answer ____ accounts for almost 3/4 of the deaths due to skin cancer (5 year
survival rates)
localized - 98% ( at the source)
regional - 62% (beyond origin)
distant - 15% (in circulatory system) - Answer percentages of the 5 year survival rates of
melanoma (skin cancer)
muscoskeletal system - Answer an end-skeletal composed of bone and cartilage
hyaline cartilage
elastic cartilage
fibrocartilage - Answer 3 types of cartilage