Skin Appendages

The surface of healthy skin is slightly?

• yellow
• alkaline
• rough
• acidic

The tiny grains of pigment deposited in cells that provide skin with its color are?

• protein
• keratin
• melanin
• collagen

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Oil glands that are connected to hair follicles are also called?

• sudoriferous glands
• sebaceous glands
• arrector glands
• substance glands

All of the following are appendages of the skin EXCEPT?

• pineal gland
• nails
• sebaceous glands
• hair

The dermis layer is made up of two layers, which are the:

• papillary and reticular
• papillary and dermal
• dermal and tactile
• tactile and reticular

The medical branch of science that deals with the study of the skin, its functions and diseases, is:

• dermatology
• physiology
• anatomy
• histology

The deepest layer of the epidermis, the basal cell layer, is also known as the: 

• stratum germinativum
• stratum corneum
• stratum spinosum
• keratin dermis

What is the name of tube that our hair grows from?

• Follicle
• Root
• Shaft
• Sebaceous

The sweat gland that produces "sticky" sweat is the

• Apocrine gland

• Eccrine gland

• Sudoriferous gland

• Sebaceous gland

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Which layer contains accessory structures such as sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles?

• epidermis
• dermis
• hypodermis
• hyperdermis