The Skin Test

Skin helps eliminate wastes and produce

• vitamin D

• vitamin C

• minerals

• sweat

The ________ is the outher layer of the skin, which helps protect your skin.

• dermis

• epidermis

Together an outer layer and an inner layer perform all the skin's functions

• True

• False

The _________ is the inner layer of the skin, which includes nerves, blood vessels, sweat glands, hairs, and oil glands.

• epidermis

• dermis

Having healthy skin involves diet, cleanliness, and limiting time in the sun

• False

• True

Skin helps the body maintain a steady_______ trough prespiration and the enlarging of blood vessels

• temperature

• diet

• health

_______ in the skin gather information from the environment about pressure, temperature, and pain

• Nerves

• Cells

• Hair

Some cells deep in the epidermis produce ______, a pigment that colors the skin

• tan

• melanine

• melanin

• clorophil

Eating a balanced diet provides the energy and raw materials needed for the growth and replacement of

• skin cells

• oil

• melanin

• skinn cells

_________ produced in glands arounfd the folicles keeps the surface of the skin moist and the hairs flexible

• Melanin

• Oiil

• Oil

• Skin oill