Human Skin Anatomy - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What three layers make up skin?	Epidermis	93%
What three layers make up skin?	Dermis	83%
What compound causes the pigmentation of the skin?	Melanin	77%
What are the two main types of glands found in the skin?	Sweat Gland	58%
What three layers make up skin?	Hypodermis	54%
What is a cancer of the skin called?	Melanoma/Carcinoma	46%
Which accessory structures grow on various parts of the skin, insulating the skin and protecting it from UV radiation?	Hair	45%
What is the main protein making up the above two structures?	Keratin	44%
In which organ system does skin belong?	Integumentary System	38%
Which accessory structures of skin protects the digits?	Nails	38%
Which cells produce the above?	Melanocytes	35%
What are the two main types of glands found in the skin?	Sebaceous Gland	35%
Where is skin the thickest?	Palms/Soles	33%
Where is skin the thinnest?	Eyelids	19%
What are the principle immune cells of the uppermost layer of the skin?	Langerhans Cells	10%
What molecule, commonly found in fish, is produced by the skin?	Vitamin D	10%
What are the four different types of mechanoreceptors (sense organs/cells) of the skin?	Pacinian corpuscles	5%
What are the four different types of mechanoreceptors (sense organs/cells) of the skin?	Meissner's corpuscles	2%
What are the four different types of mechanoreceptors (sense organs/cells) of the skin?	Merkel nerve endings	2%
What are the four different types of mechanoreceptors (sense organs/cells) of the skin?	Ruffini corpuscles	1%

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