Chapter 11, Problem 19MC

In clinical practice, drugs can be delivered by diffusion across the skin. This delivery method is called transdermal administration. Why are fat-soluble drugs more desirable for transdermal administration than drugs that are water soluble?

Select the best answer or answers from the choices given: Which epidermal cell type is most numerous? (a) keratinocyte, (b) melanocyte, (c) dendritic cell, (d) tactile cell.

Identify the 5 epidermal layers and give their distinguishing feature.

The epidermis is nourished by diffusion from capillaries in the ___________.   A. hypodermis   B. epidermis   C. papillary layer of the dermis   D. reticular layer of the dermis

First degree burns requires a. excising the tissue b. waxing c. excising the tissue, wax reconstruction, and cosmetics d. corrective cosmetic treatment

Many antiaging skin creams contain collagen and hyaluronic acid. Manufacturers claim that the collagen and hyaluronic acid applied to the surface of the skin will be absorbed into the dermis, where they will be incorporated into dermal tissue?

Dandruff is often a disorder that results in dry skin flakes forming on the scalp. A common cause of dandruff could be __________  a overactive arrector pili muscles.  b lack of lamellated corpuscles.  c inactive apocrine sweat glands.  d inactive merocrine sweat glands.  e inflammation around sebaceous glands.