A&P
Unit 3: Integumentary System
Day 2 Review Questions
Part 1: “The Integumentary System, Part 2- Skin Deeper: Crash Course A&P #7” Video Questions
1. What is the most important function of your integumentary system?
2. The integumentary system is also vital to how you ___________ the world around you.
3. What are the 3 different cutaneous sensory receptors found in your skin and what they do they sense?
4. The integumentary system also plays a role in the _______ _____ ____________.
5. Your skin also plays a less important function of being a __________ storage unit.
6. During times of exercise, your blood and sweat glands work together to ___________ your _____
____________.
7. What is Cyanosis and what can this condition indicate about your health?
8. What is Jaundice and what can this condition indicate about your health?
9. What is Erythema and what can this condition indicate about your health?
10. What type of cell produces the pigment Melanin?
11. After your body produces vitamin D it becomes activated into a compound called _________.
12. What are the four skin appendages listed in the video?
13. Hair and nails are made of dead _________ protein cells.
14. What are the two parts of your hair and which shows complete keratinization?
15. Each hair follicle is made of _________ cells.
16. What are the two type of sweat glands? Where are each found?
17. Sebaceous glands are found everywhere on where body except two places. Where are they?
Part 2: Textbook pp. 72-77 Reading Comprehension Questions
1. How can you sense when your hair moves?
2. Partial thickness burns applies to what degree(s) of burns?
3. Full thickness burns applies to what degree(s) of burns?
4. How do hair follicles or sweat glands help heal bad burns?
5. What type of tissue is found in the arrector pili and what does it do?
6. Our hair stands straight up when we are cold or scared. How does this keep us warm?
7. What types of tissue are found in the subcutaneous layer?
8. Where is there no adipose tissue in the hypodermis?
9. How can injections by hypodermic needles be beneficial in emergencies?
10. How does sweat cool the skin?
11. In what layer of the epidermis are melanocytes found?
12. In what layer of the epidermis do cells develop color?
13. What are the two types of melanin in the skin? What tint does each have?
14. What are two main functions of melanin?
15. Most people have the same number of melanocytes, but variations in skin tone are a result of the
amount of _____________.
16. What increases the risk of all three types of skin cancer?
17. What is the difference between all three types of skin cancer?
18. In what layer is the most amount of keratin found?
19. What is desquamation?
20. How often is your skin replaced?