Anatomy and Physiology 1 Exam #3
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1. Select the most correct statement concerning skin cancer.
A) Most tumors that arise on the skin are malignant.
B) Squamous cell carcinomas arise from the stratum corneum.
C) Basal cell carcinomas are the least common but most malignant.
D) Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them from
metastasizing.: Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them
from metastasizing
2. ________ is an inherited condition that affects the heme pathway, it leaves
the skin scarred and gums degenerated, and may have led to the folklore about
vampires.
A) Porphyria
B) Decubitus ulcer
C) Impetigo
D) Rosacea: Porphyria
3. A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order?
A) basale, spinosum, granulosum, corneum
B) basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum
C) granulosum, basale, spinosum, corneum
D) corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale: corneum, granulosum, spinosum,
basale
4. The major regions of a hair shaft include all of the following except
________.
A) medulla
B) cortex
C) external root sheath
D) cuticle: external root sheath
5. Acne is a disorder associated with ________.
A) sweat glands
B) sebaceous glands
C) Meibomian glands
D) ceruminous glands: sebaceous glands
6. The dermis ________.
A) is an avascular connective tissue layer
B) has two layers
C) lacks sensory corpuscles and glands
D) is where melanocytes are found: has two layers
7. Which muscles attached to the hair follicles cause goose bumps?
A) arrector integument
B) arrector pili
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C) levator folliculi
D) arrector folliculi: arrector pili
8. If a splinter penetrated the skin into the second epidermal layer of the sole
of the foot, which cells would be damaged?
A) granulosum
B) basale
C) lucidum
D) spinosum: lucidum
9. Which of the following cutaneous receptors is specialized for the reception
of touch or light pressure?
A) Meissner's corpuscles
B) Pacinian corpuscles
C) free nerve endings
D) Krause's end bulbs: Meissner's corpuscles
10. Which statement correctly explains why hair appears the way it does?
A) Kinky hair has flat, ribbonlike hair shafts.
B) Perfectly round hair shafts result in wavy hair.
C) Air bubbles in the hair shaft cause straight hair.
D) Gray hair is the result of hormonal action altering the chemical composition
of melanin.: Kinky hair has flat, ribbonlike hair shafts.
11. Sudoriferous glands vary in distribution over the surface of the body.
Which of the following is correct?
A) Eccrine are the most numerous, being found primarily in the axillary re-
gions.
B) Apocrine glands are larger than eccrine, and empty secretions directly to
the surface of the skin.
C) Ceruminous glands secrete cerumen, which is thought to deter insects.
D) Mammary glands are not considered a modified sweat gland.: Ceruminous
glands secrete cerumen, which is thought to deter insects.
12. Although the integument is a covering, it is by no means simple, and some
of its functions include ________.
A) the dermis providing the major mechanical barrier to chemicals, water, and
other external substances
B) resident macrophage-like cells whose function is to ingest antigenic in-
vaders and present them to the immune system
C) cooling the body by increasing the action of sebaceous glands during
high-temperature conditions
D) epidermal blood vessels serving as a blood reservoir: resident
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macrophage-like cells whose function is to ingest antigenic invaders and present
them to the immune system
13. The function of the root hair plexus is to ________.
A) serve as a source for new epidermal cells for hair growth after the resting
stage has passed
B) bind the hair root to the dermis
C) cause apocrine gland secretion into the hair follicle
D) allow the hair to assist in touch sensation: allow the hair to assist in touch
sensation
14. Vernix caseosa is a ________.
A) substance contributing to acne during adolescence
B) whitish material produced by fetal sebaceous glands
C) coat of fine, downy hair on the heads of balding men
D) cheesy-looking sudoriferous secretion on the skin of newborns: whitish
material produced by fetal sebaceous glands
15. The ________ gland is a modified sudoriferous gland that secretes wax.
A) eccrine
B) apocrine
C) ceruminous
D) mammary: ceruminous
16. Nutrients reach the surface of the skin (epidermis) through the process of
________.
A) absorbing materials applied to the surface layer of the skin
B) utilizing the products of merocrine glands to nourish the epidermis
C) filtration
D) diffusing through the tissue fluid from blood vessels in the dermis: diffusing
through the tissue fluid from blood vessels in the dermis
17. The reason the hypodermis acts as a shock absorber is that ________.
A) it is located just below the epidermis and protects the dermis from shock
B) it has no delicate nerve endings and can therefore absorb more shock
C) the major part of its makeup is adipose, which serves as an effective shock
absorber
D) the cells that make up the hypodermis secrete a protective mucus: the major
part of its makeup is adipose, which serves as an effective shock absorber
18. Which type of skin cancer appears as a scaly reddened papule and tends
to grow rapidly and metastasize?
A) Melanoma
B) Squamous cell carcinoma
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1. Select the most correct statement concerning skin cancer.
A) Most tumors that arise on the skin are malignant.
B) Squamous cell carcinomas arise from the stratum corneum.
C) Basal cell carcinomas are the least common but most malignant.
D) Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them from
metastasizing.: Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them
from metastasizing
2. ________ is an inherited condition that affects the heme pathway, it leaves
the skin scarred and gums degenerated, and may have led to the folklore about
vampires.
A) Porphyria
B) Decubitus ulcer
C) Impetigo
D) Rosacea: Porphyria
3. A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order?
A) basale, spinosum, granulosum, corneum
B) basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum
C) granulosum, basale, spinosum, corneum
D) corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale: corneum, granulosum, spinosum,
basale
4. The major regions of a hair shaft include all of the following except
________.
A) medulla
B) cortex
C) external root sheath
D) cuticle: external root sheath
5. Acne is a disorder associated with ________.
A) sweat glands
B) sebaceous glands
C) Meibomian glands
D) ceruminous glands: sebaceous glands
6. The dermis ________.
A) is an avascular connective tissue layer
B) has two layers
C) lacks sensory corpuscles and glands
D) is where melanocytes are found: has two layers
7. Which muscles attached to the hair follicles cause goose bumps?
A) arrector integument
B) arrector pili
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C) levator folliculi
D) arrector folliculi: arrector pili
8. If a splinter penetrated the skin into the second epidermal layer of the sole
of the foot, which cells would be damaged?
A) granulosum
B) basale
C) lucidum
D) spinosum: lucidum
9. Which of the following cutaneous receptors is specialized for the reception
of touch or light pressure?
A) Meissner's corpuscles
B) Pacinian corpuscles
C) free nerve endings
D) Krause's end bulbs: Meissner's corpuscles
10. Which statement correctly explains why hair appears the way it does?
A) Kinky hair has flat, ribbonlike hair shafts.
B) Perfectly round hair shafts result in wavy hair.
C) Air bubbles in the hair shaft cause straight hair.
D) Gray hair is the result of hormonal action altering the chemical composition
of melanin.: Kinky hair has flat, ribbonlike hair shafts.
11. Sudoriferous glands vary in distribution over the surface of the body.
Which of the following is correct?
A) Eccrine are the most numerous, being found primarily in the axillary re-
gions.
B) Apocrine glands are larger than eccrine, and empty secretions directly to
the surface of the skin.
C) Ceruminous glands secrete cerumen, which is thought to deter insects.
D) Mammary glands are not considered a modified sweat gland.: Ceruminous
glands secrete cerumen, which is thought to deter insects.
12. Although the integument is a covering, it is by no means simple, and some
of its functions include ________.
A) the dermis providing the major mechanical barrier to chemicals, water, and
other external substances
B) resident macrophage-like cells whose function is to ingest antigenic in-
vaders and present them to the immune system
C) cooling the body by increasing the action of sebaceous glands during
high-temperature conditions
D) epidermal blood vessels serving as a blood reservoir: resident
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macrophage-like cells whose function is to ingest antigenic invaders and present
them to the immune system
13. The function of the root hair plexus is to ________.
A) serve as a source for new epidermal cells for hair growth after the resting
stage has passed
B) bind the hair root to the dermis
C) cause apocrine gland secretion into the hair follicle
D) allow the hair to assist in touch sensation: allow the hair to assist in touch
sensation
14. Vernix caseosa is a ________.
A) substance contributing to acne during adolescence
B) whitish material produced by fetal sebaceous glands
C) coat of fine, downy hair on the heads of balding men
D) cheesy-looking sudoriferous secretion on the skin of newborns: whitish
material produced by fetal sebaceous glands
15. The ________ gland is a modified sudoriferous gland that secretes wax.
A) eccrine
B) apocrine
C) ceruminous
D) mammary: ceruminous
16. Nutrients reach the surface of the skin (epidermis) through the process of
________.
A) absorbing materials applied to the surface layer of the skin
B) utilizing the products of merocrine glands to nourish the epidermis
C) filtration
D) diffusing through the tissue fluid from blood vessels in the dermis: diffusing
through the tissue fluid from blood vessels in the dermis
17. The reason the hypodermis acts as a shock absorber is that ________.
A) it is located just below the epidermis and protects the dermis from shock
B) it has no delicate nerve endings and can therefore absorb more shock
C) the major part of its makeup is adipose, which serves as an effective shock
absorber
D) the cells that make up the hypodermis secrete a protective mucus: the major
part of its makeup is adipose, which serves as an effective shock absorber
18. Which type of skin cancer appears as a scaly reddened papule and tends
to grow rapidly and metastasize?
A) Melanoma
B) Squamous cell carcinoma
