A&P Unit 2- Epidermis

In the story about Kyle Hicks, he lacked the _____________ membrane which acts like velcro between the epidermis and the dermis?

Our skin accounts for about ________ of our body mass.

• 70%

• 16%

• 10%

• 6%

The thin superficial layer of the skin is the

• dermis

• cutaneous layer

• subcutaneous layer

• epidermis

What does the basement membrane connect in the skin?

• epidermis and hypodermis

• dermis and hypodermis

• hypodermis and muscles

• epidermis and dermis

Match the following

• most numerous cell type

• Merkel Cells

• make the protein pigment melanin

• keratinocyte

• associated with sensation of touch

• Langerhans Cells

• immune cells of the epidermis

• melanocyte

The epidermis is keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. Which term tells us there are layers in the epidermis?​ (a)  

• stratified
• keratinized
• squamous
• epithelium

The epidermis is keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. Which term tells us there are flattened cells​ ?​ ​ ​ (a)  

• keratinized
• epithelium
• stratified
• squamous

The epidermis is keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. Which term tells us the type of tissue​ ?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• keratinized
• stratified
• squamous
• epithelium

The epidermis is keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. Which term tells us that there are dead cells that are periodically shed?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• stratified
• squamous
• keratinized
• epithelium

Match the following

• mitotically active layer

• S. Basale

• several layers of spiny shaped cells

• S. Granulosum

• calluses from friction form here

• S. Corneum

• only found in thick skin

• S. Lucidum

• nuclei are fragmented; cells die here

• S. Spinosum