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Which epidermal cell type is most numerous?

Keratinocytes

Protein that makes up the epidermis

Which cell functions as part of the immune system?

Dendritic cell

Macrophages

The epidermis provides a physical barrier due largely to the presence of a...

Keratin

Protein

Skin color is determined by...

The amount of blood


Pigments


Oxygenation level of the blood

3 different factors

The sensations of touch and pressure are picked up by receptors located in....

The dermis

Not the Merkel cell

Name things about the papillary layer.

It is largely areolar connective tissue


It contains nerve endings that respond to stimuli


It is highly vascular

Skin surface markings that reflect points of tight dermal attachment to underlying tissues are called

Flexure lines

Not the papillary layer

Which of the following is not an epidermal derivative

Hair


Sweat gland


Sensory receptor


Sebaceous gland

These are both in the epidermis and dermis, but one is solely in the dermis.

Layers of thin epidermis starting from the superficial layer

Corneum, granulosum, spinosum, & the basale

Everything except planter and Palmer regions

What is the function of an arrector pili muscle?

Can cause a hair to stand straight up

Goose bumps

The product of this type of sweat gland includes protein and lipid substances that become odoriferous as a result of bacterial action

Apocrine gland

Onset of puberty

What is the purpose of sebum?

Lubricates the surface of the skin and hair

Oils

The rule of nines is helpful clinically in...

Estimating the extent of a burn