Skin Layers Quiz

Which layer of skin is most responsible for transmitting sensory signals from the skin to other organs?

• papillary layer

• reticular layer

• hypodermis

• stratum basale

Which layer of the epidermis is most foundational to all the more superficial layers?

• stratum basale

• stratum spinosum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum lucidum

If someone suffered a severe burn, which layer of skin’s destruction would mean they absolutely would need a skin graft to recover—that no natural recovery would be possible?

• stratum basale

• stratum spinosum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum corneum

If a single hair growing from your body was a tulip, what part would be the shaft?

• petals

• stem

• leaves

• bulb

Sweat glands are connected to:

• hair follicles.

• squamous cells.

• the stratum corneum.

• subcutaneous fat.

You have heard your friend Lakshmi described as having “thick skin.” If she literally did, what layer of skin would be visible on her but not on someone with “thin skin?”

• stratum basale

• stratum spinosum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum lucidum

The phenomenon of goose bumps is, mechanically, a result of:

• adipose tissue dissolving.

• stimulation of the sebaceous glands, which secrete sebum.

• shrinking in the epidermis.

• contraction of the arrector pili muscle fibers.

Which skin layer is most closely related to your immune system?

• stratum basale

• stratum spinosum

• stratum granulosum

• stratum corneum

Which kind of sweat glands are found in the armpits?

• eccrine

• sebaceous

• apocrine

• follicular

Which layer of skin is mostly connective tissue, binding the inner and upper layers of the skin?

• papillary layer

• reticular layer

• stratum basale

• dermoepidermal junction