5.2 True/False Questions
1) As a person balds, terminal hair is replaced by vellus.
3) Keratinocytes begin to die in the stratum granulosum.
4) Chemotherapy causes hair loss because these drugs specifically target rapidly dividing cells in the hypodermis.
5) Nutrients enter a hair follicle through the dermal papilla.
6) The letter A in the ABCD rule for melanoma detection stands for asymmetry.
7) Skin cancers are the most common types of cancer in the United States, and the most important risk factor is overexposure to ultraviolet radiation.
8) An immediate concern with a burn patient is loss of fluids, so fluids must be administered immediately.
9) First-degree burns are the most severe type of burn.
10) If you are truly "smelly" after a workout that causes you to work up a sweat, the smell is due to secretions from your eccrine glands.
11) Sebaceous glands secrete oil onto the surface of the epidermis via the hair follicle
12) The contraction of skeletal muscle cells of the arrector pili muscles, attached to hair follicles, causes "goose bumps."
13) Consumer goods made of leather are produced from the subcutaneous adipose layer of animals.
14) By the time keratinocytes reach the stratum corneum, they are dead and filled with collagen.
15) Ceruminous glands of the ear canal are modified sebaceous glands.