Skin Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is the Latin word for skin?

Cutis

Custos

Cyamias

2. How thick is the skin in the eye area?

0.3 mm

0.5 mm

0.9 mm

3. How thick is the skin on the soles of feet?

2 mm

5 mm

4 mm

4. What is the outer layer of the skin called?

Epidermis

Hypodermis

Dermis

5. What do granular glands secrete?

Toxic compounds

Collagen

Semen

6. Which animal is the one to have uropygial glands?

Reptiles

Birds

Fish

7. What is the name of the thin layer of fibers that separates the dermis from the epidermis?

Keratinocytes

Basement membrane

Cytokines

8. How many layers is the epidermis divided into?

4

5

6

9. Which animal's skin was NOT used to make parchment for manuscripts?

A cattle

A sheep

A pig

10. What is the name of the sublayer of the epidermis that is only found in the soles and the palms?

Stratum lucidum

Stratum corneum

Stratum granulosum

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