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A MAJOR FUNCTION OF THE SKIN IS PROTECTION FROM A. ABRASION B. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT C. ENTRY OF MICROORGANISMS D. DEHYDRATION E. ALL OF THESE

THE LAYER OF SKIN THAT IS COMPOSED OF DENSE CT AND HAS PROECTION CALLED PAPILLAE IS THE A. DERMIS B. HYPODERMIS C. STRATUM CORNEUM D. STRATUM BASALE E. STRATUM LUCIDUM

STRIAE OCCUR AS A RESULT OF A. PIMPLES B. OVERSTRETCHING THE DERMIS C. LOOSING TOO MUCH EPIDERMIS D. TOO MANY FIBERS INT HE HYPERDERMIS E. LOSS OF HAIR FOLLICLES

THIS LAYER CONTAINS LOOSE CT AND HAS ABOUT HALF OF THE BODY'S STORED FAT A. DERMIS B. HYPODERMIS C. STRATUM CORNEUM D. STRATUM BASALE E. STRATUM LUCIDUM

THE SPECIFIC LAYER THAT SHAPES THE RIDGES FOR FINGERPRINTS AND FOOTPRINTS IS THE A. HYPODERMIS B. PAPILLARY LAYER OF THE DERMIS C. RETICULAR LAYER OF THE DERMIS D. UNDERLYING MUSCLE LAYER E. SUPERFICIAL BONY LAYER

THE EPIDERMIS IS NOURISHED BY DIFFUSION FROM CAPILLARIES IN THE A. EPIDERMIS B. RETICULAR LAYER OF THE DERMIS C. PAPILLARY LAYER OF THE DERMIS D. HYPODERMIS E. SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE

CELL DIVISION OCCURS IN WHICH LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS? A. STRATUM BASALE B. STRATUM CORNEUM C. STRATUM GRANULOSUM D. STRATUM LUCIDUM E. STRATUM RETICULARS

THE STRATUM GERMINATIVUM INCLUDES BOTH THE STRATUM BASALE AND THE A. STRATUM CORNEUM B. STRATUM GRANULOSUM C. STRATUM LUCIDUM D. STRATUM RETICULARS E. STRATUM SPINOSUM

IN WHICH LAYER OF EPIDERMIS DO THE NUCLEUS AND OTHER ORGANELLS DISINTEGRATE, AND THE CELLS DIE? A. STRATUM BASALE B. STRATUM CORNEUM C. STRATUM GRANULOSUM D. STRATUM LUCIDUM E. STRATUM SPINOSUM

THE CONSISTS OF MANY LAYERS OF DEAD SQUAMOUS CELLS SURROUNDED BY LIPS. A. DERMIS B. HYPODERMIS C. STRATUM CORNEUM D. STRATUM BASALE E. STRATUM SPINOSUM

IN WHICH OF THESE LAYERS ARE MELANOCYTES FOUND? A. DERMIS B. HYPODERMIS C. STRTUM CORNEUM D. STRATUM BASALE E. STRATUM LUCIDUM

THICK SKIN A. USUALLY LACKS THE STRATUM LUCIDUM B. IS TYPICALLY FOUND ON THE BACK C. DOES NOT PRODUCE HAIR D. (unlike thin skin) DEVELOPS CALLUSES AND CORNS E. ALL OF THESE

MOST OF THE CELLS OF THE EPIDERMIS ARE A. FIBROBLASTS B. KERATINOCYTES C. LANGERHANS CELL D. MACROPHAGES E. MELANOCYTES

WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS IS TRUE REGARDING KERATINIZATION? A. THE DEEPEST CELLS ARE LOCATED IN THR STRATUM CORNEUM B. EPITHELIAL CELLS EVENTUALLY DIE AND PRODUCE AN OUTER LAYER OF CELLS C. THE STRATUM CORNEUM HAS CUBOIDAL OR COLUMNAR CELLS THAT UNDERGO MITOTIC DIVISION D. THE STARTUM BASALE CAN THICKEN TO PRODUCE A CALLUS E. THE NEWEST CELLS ARE FOUND IN THE OUTER LAYER OF CELLS

CYANOSIS IS A CONDITION CAUSED BY A. CONSUMING LARGE AMOUNTS OF CAROTENE B. INCREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE SKIN C. ALBINISM D. EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT E. A DECREASE IN BLOOD OXYGEN