Pearson Etext Essentials Of Human Anatomy & Physiology -- Access Card (12th Edition)
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Chapter 4, Problem 9MC
Match the structures of the right with their function listed on the left.
____ 1. Protection from a. Reticular layer of
ultraviolet radiation the dermis
____ 2. Insulation, energy b. Dermal blood
storage supply
____ 3. Waterproofing and c. Papillary layer
preventing water of the dermis
loss
d. Hypodermis
____ 4. Temperature
e. Melanocytes
regulation
f. Stratum corneum
____ 5. Excretion of water, g. Eccrine sweat
urea, and salts glands
____ 6. Produces the
patterns for
fingerprints
________________
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Pearson Etext Essentials Of Human Anatomy & Physiology -- Access Card (12th Edition)
Ch. 4 - Select the one false statement about mucous and...Ch. 4 - 2. Serous membranes
a. line the mouth.
b. have...Ch. 4 - 3. Which is not a component of sweat?
a....Ch. 4 - Which structure is not associated with a hair? a....Ch. 4 - In investigating the cause of thinning hair, which...Ch. 4 - Which structure is not associated with a nail? a....Ch. 4 - 7. Which one of the following is not associated...Ch. 4 - Which of the following is not a skin structure? a....Ch. 4 - 9. Match the structures of the right with their...Ch. 4 - 10. What is the name of the connective tissue...
Ch. 4 - From what types of damage does the skin protect...Ch. 4 - Explain why we become tanned after sitting in the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 13SAECh. 4 - 14. Name two different categories of skin...Ch. 4 - How does the skin help to regulate body...Ch. 4 - Prob. 16SAECh. 4 - Prob. 17SAECh. 4 - Which skin cancer arises from the youngest...Ch. 4 - Why does hair turn gray?Ch. 4 - 20. Name three changes that occur in the skin as...Ch. 4 - Is a bald man really hairless? Explain.Ch. 4 - Contrast the secretions of eccrine and apocrine...Ch. 4 - Prob. 23SAECh. 4 - Prob. 24CTCh. 4 - 25. Both newborn infants and aged individuals have...Ch. 4 - A 40-year-old beachboy is complaining to you that...Ch. 4 - Prob. 27CTCh. 4 - The water of a swimming pool is hypotonic to our...Ch. 4 - 29. Mr. Rossi, a fisherman in his late sixties,...Ch. 4 - Mr. Grayson is receiving a drug treatment...Ch. 4 - 31. Which type of injection would allow a drug to...Ch. 4 - Prob. 32CTCh. 4 - Prob. 33CT
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