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Questions and Answers
Which specialized dermal skin structure is responsible for producing oil to lubricate the skin and hair?
Which specialized dermal skin structure is responsible for producing oil to lubricate the skin and hair?
- Nails and nail beds
- Hair follicles
- Sebaceous glands (correct)
- Apocrine glands
What type of sensory receptor in the dermis is responsible for detecting light touch and texture?
What type of sensory receptor in the dermis is responsible for detecting light touch and texture?
- Pacinian corpuscles
- Eccrine glands
- Merkel cells
- Meissner corpuscles (correct)
In the dermis, which structure plays a key role in thermoregulation and the perception of pressure and vibration?
In the dermis, which structure plays a key role in thermoregulation and the perception of pressure and vibration?
- Pacinian corpuscles (correct)
- Subcutaneous tissue
- Hair follicles
- Apocrine glands
Where are Meissner corpuscles mainly found?
Where are Meissner corpuscles mainly found?
What is the main function of Pacinian corpuscles?
What is the main function of Pacinian corpuscles?
What is the primary role of Merkel cells?
What is the primary role of Merkel cells?
Where do free nerve endings mainly occupy?
Where do free nerve endings mainly occupy?
Which layer of the dermis contains arterioles, venules, and fine nerve endings from Meissner corpuscles?
Which layer of the dermis contains arterioles, venules, and fine nerve endings from Meissner corpuscles?
Which layer of the dermis is responsible for the tone and texture of the skin, and contains skin appendages, vascular supply, nerves, and nerve endings?
Which layer of the dermis is responsible for the tone and texture of the skin, and contains skin appendages, vascular supply, nerves, and nerve endings?
Which cells are scarce but present in the reticular dermis?
Which cells are scarce but present in the reticular dermis?
