SKIN STRUCTURE, GROWTH AND NUTRITION (COSMETOLOGY)

The medical branch of science that deals with the study of the skin and it's nature, structure, functions, diseases, and treatment is called ____________

• histology

• dermatology

• etiology

• trichology

The skin varies in thickness and is found to be thinnest on the ___________

• lips

• elbows

• eyelids

• fingertips

The skin is the thickest on the ________

• lips

• elbows

• eyelids

• palms and soles

The outermost layer of the skin is called the _________

• epidermis

• dermis

• stratum corneum

• papillary layer

The horny layer of the skin, which contains scale-like cells that are continually shed, is called the __________

• epidermis

• dermis

• stratum corneum

• papillary layer

The clear layer of the epidermis that consists of small, transparent cells through which light can pass is called the ___________

• stratum corneum

• stratum lucidum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum germinativum

The layer of the skin that is composed of several layers of different-shaped cells and contains dark pigment is called the __________

• stratum corneum

• stratum lucidum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum germinativam

The underlying or inner layer of the skin that is also called the corium, cutis, or true skin is the ____________

• epidermis

• dermis

• stratum corneum

• papillary layer

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

• stratus corneum and stratus lucidum

• stratus granulosum and epidermis

• papillary and reticular

• papillary and corium

The fatty layer found beneath the dermis is described as _____

• subcutaneous

• lymphatic

• endothermic

• subarterial