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MD Dermatology Biology — practice questions

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Under a microscope, the epidermis is keratinised stratified squamous:Read the answer and worked solution →The epidermis of thick skin, such as the palm, has how many layers?Read the answer and worked solution →The extra layer found only in thick skin is the stratum:Read the answer and worked solution →A cell that manufactures and stores keratin is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Keratin gives skin, hair and nails hardness and resistance to:Read the answer and worked solution →Cells of the outermost stratum corneum are described as:Read the answer and worked solution →The deepest layer of the epidermis is the stratum:Read the answer and worked solution →The cuboidal stem cell that gives rise to keratinocytes is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The cell that produces the pigment melanin is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Besides giving colour, melanin protects epidermal cells from:Read the answer and worked solution →Too much melanin can interfere with the body's production of:Read the answer and worked solution →Cells of the stratum spinosum look spiny because they are joined by a:Read the answer and worked solution →Below the dermis lies a layer of loose connective and fatty tissue called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The dermis is built from a papillary layer and a:Read the answer and worked solution →Defensive cells in the papillary layer that engulf invading bacteria are:Read the answer and worked solution →Finger like folds strengthening the bond between dermis and epidermis are dermal:Read the answer and worked solution →Accessory structures of the skin include nails, glands and:Read the answer and worked solution →A strand of hair grows from a structure called the hair:Read the answer and worked solution →The visible nail body is made of densely packed dead:Read the answer and worked solution →The fold of skin meeting the base of the nail forms the nail:Read the answer and worked solution →The sweat gland that makes hypotonic sweat for cooling is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Sebaceous glands excrete onto the skin a lipid mixture called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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