IBEC State Exam Questions and
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Keratin - ✔✔a protein substance that helps protect the skin against
invasion
keratinization - ✔✔the process of living cells moving upward and changing
to dead calls
the two main zones of the epidermis - ✔✔1. horny zone
2. germinal zone
horny zone layers - ✔✔1. stratum corneum
2. stratum lucidium
3. stratum granulosum
(act as a barrier against invasion and water absorption)
stratum corneum - ✔✔outer most layer of the skin where dead skin cells
are constantly shed
stratum lucidum - ✔✔second layer of the skin that is transparent due to
eleidin and only on the palms of your hands and soles of your feet
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,stratum granulosum (granular layer) - ✔✔bottom layer of the horny zone.
THICKEST on the soles of the feet and palms of the hands, THINNEST on
the eyelids. Forms calluses.
Germinal Zone Layers - ✔✔1. stratum spinosum
2. stratum germinativum
stratum spinosum - ✔✔prickle cell layer
stratum germinativum (basal cell layer) - ✔✔the LOWEST layer of the
epidermis, in contact with the dermis.
cell division (mitosis) occurs here
Stratum Mucosum - ✔✔the malpighian layer
The Dermis - ✔✔the living layer or "true skin"
Meissner's Corpuscles - ✔✔nerve endings sensitive to touch
in the papillary layer
The Reticular Layer - ✔✔the THICKEST layer of the skin
made of collagen fibers
Appendages of the Reticular layer - ✔✔arrector pili muscles
blood vessels
fat cells
hair follicles
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, lymph vessels
nerve endings
sebaceous glads- oil
sudoriferous glands- sweat
As the blood supply circulates through the skin it... - ✔✔transports the
oxygen-rich blood and nutrients essential for growth; reproduction; and
tissue repair of the skin, hair, and nails
Lymph glands produce - ✔✔lymph
lymph - ✔✔white blood corpuscles and plasma
contains waste products, salts, and nitrogenous wastes
sudoriferous glands - ✔✔the sweat glands under the control of the
sympathetic nervous system
Apocrine Glands (smelly) - ✔✔in the pubic and axillary (underarms) area
excrete pheromones
eccrine glands (everywhere) - ✔✔all over the body
more in the foreheads, palms of hands, and soles of feet
Sebaceous glands (oil glands) - ✔✔all over the skin
mainly appendages to the hair follicles and open into the shafts of hair
follicles.
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
Keratin - ✔✔a protein substance that helps protect the skin against
invasion
keratinization - ✔✔the process of living cells moving upward and changing
to dead calls
the two main zones of the epidermis - ✔✔1. horny zone
2. germinal zone
horny zone layers - ✔✔1. stratum corneum
2. stratum lucidium
3. stratum granulosum
(act as a barrier against invasion and water absorption)
stratum corneum - ✔✔outer most layer of the skin where dead skin cells
are constantly shed
stratum lucidum - ✔✔second layer of the skin that is transparent due to
eleidin and only on the palms of your hands and soles of your feet
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,stratum granulosum (granular layer) - ✔✔bottom layer of the horny zone.
THICKEST on the soles of the feet and palms of the hands, THINNEST on
the eyelids. Forms calluses.
Germinal Zone Layers - ✔✔1. stratum spinosum
2. stratum germinativum
stratum spinosum - ✔✔prickle cell layer
stratum germinativum (basal cell layer) - ✔✔the LOWEST layer of the
epidermis, in contact with the dermis.
cell division (mitosis) occurs here
Stratum Mucosum - ✔✔the malpighian layer
The Dermis - ✔✔the living layer or "true skin"
Meissner's Corpuscles - ✔✔nerve endings sensitive to touch
in the papillary layer
The Reticular Layer - ✔✔the THICKEST layer of the skin
made of collagen fibers
Appendages of the Reticular layer - ✔✔arrector pili muscles
blood vessels
fat cells
hair follicles
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, lymph vessels
nerve endings
sebaceous glads- oil
sudoriferous glands- sweat
As the blood supply circulates through the skin it... - ✔✔transports the
oxygen-rich blood and nutrients essential for growth; reproduction; and
tissue repair of the skin, hair, and nails
Lymph glands produce - ✔✔lymph
lymph - ✔✔white blood corpuscles and plasma
contains waste products, salts, and nitrogenous wastes
sudoriferous glands - ✔✔the sweat glands under the control of the
sympathetic nervous system
Apocrine Glands (smelly) - ✔✔in the pubic and axillary (underarms) area
excrete pheromones
eccrine glands (everywhere) - ✔✔all over the body
more in the foreheads, palms of hands, and soles of feet
Sebaceous glands (oil glands) - ✔✔all over the skin
mainly appendages to the hair follicles and open into the shafts of hair
follicles.
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