Name: ______________________
Date:________________
Anatomy & Physiology, period _____
Integumentary System Worksheet
1. Dandruff is the caused by the excessive shedding of cells from the outer layer of kin
in the scalp. What is the name of this layer of skin? _________________________
2. A splinter pierces the palm of your hand and lodges in the third layer of the epidermis.
What is this layer? _____________________
3. Why does exposure to sunlight or tanning lamps cause the skin to become darker?
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4. How are “goose bumps” caused? _________________________________________
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5. A person has a 2nd degree burn that destroys the epidermis and dermis layer. Would
you expect to find hair growing in this area after the burn heals? Why or Why not?
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6. What is the purpose of the subcutaneous layer? _____________________________
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7. Deodorants are used to mask the effects of secretions from what type of skin gland?
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8. Older people are more prone to heat-related illnesses. What accounts for this
change? ______________________________________________________________
9. How is acne caused? __________________________________________________
10. Label the parts of skin on the diagram below.
Match the each item in column A with the most closely related item in column B.
Column A
Column B
_____1. Cutaneous membrane
a. arrector pilli
_____2. Carotene
b. cyanosis
_____3. Melanocytes
c. perspiration
_____4. Epidermal layer with stem cells
d. sebum
_____5. Smooth muscle
e. stratum corneum
_____6. Epidermal layer with flattened dead cells
f. skin
_____7. Bluish skin
g. orange-yellow pigment
_____8. Sebaceous glands
h. bone growth
_____9. Merocrine glands
i. pigment cells
____10. Vitamin D3
j. stratum basale (germinativum)