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Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 6: Skin and Integumentary System
Fisher
Directions: Answer these questions in your notebook.
1. How is the epidermis formed?
2. What is the difference between the stratum basale and the stratum corneum?
3. Medicine can be injected through 3 different types of injections. Describe the
difference between each type:
a. Subcutaneous injection
b. Intradermal injection
c. Intramuscular injection
d. Which type is also known as a hypodermic injection?
4. Transdermal patches are also used to administer drugs. How does the drug get
into the blood stream in this method?
5. What are three uses for a transdermal patch?
6. When cell division increases on areas of the skin that are rubbed or pressed
regularly, this causes what?
7. Cytoplasmic extensions transfer melanin through a process called cytocrine
secretion. Describe this process.
8. What factors influence skin color?
9. What are bedsores and how do they form?
10. How is vitamin D related to the skin?
11. How do keratinocytes assist the immune system?
12. What kinds of tissues make up the dermis?
13. Describe the structure of a nail bed.
14. What is the most actively growing region of the nail?
15. How does hair form?
16. What are 3 areas on the body not covered in hair?
17. The nails, hair, and skin all develop in what similar way?
18. Sebum is the name for what substance secreted by the skin?
19. What is the difference between apocrine and eccrine sweat glands?
20. Sweat consists of what substances?
21. Give two examples of modified sweat glands.
22. Describe hypothermia, and the body’s attempt to maintain homeostasis.
23. Describe hyperthermia, and the body’s attempt to maintain homeostasis.
24. How does inflammation help a wound heal?
25. How are the steps necessary for a wound to heal in the dermis different from
those in the epidermis?
26. What role do phagocytic cells play in wound healing?
27. What is the difference between a first degree, second degree, and third degree
burn?
28. Healing in large open wounds involves granulations, what are these?
29. When reading the Clinical Connection on p. 123 of the text, the stem cells
found in the patients were likely formed from what?
30. What was the difference in the patients who were treated with epidermal growth
factor compared to the other patients?
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