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The skin is one of the larger organs in the body by weight.

A) True
B) False

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What determines the color of skin?


A) The number of melanocytes in the epidermis.
B) The thickness of the epidermis.
C) The amount of melanin that melanocytes produce.
D) The density of hair.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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A woman undergoes coronary bypass surgery, in which a blood vessel from her leg is moved to her heart, where it supplements the blood supply following a heart attack. This procedure is a(n)


A) xenograft.
B) autograft.
C) allograft.
D) isograft.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The dermis is composed largely of


A) stratified columnar epithelium.
B) dense regular connective tissue.
C) stratified squamous epithelium.
D) dense irregular connective tissue.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Eccrine sweat glands differ from sebaceous glands


A) in type of secretion.
B) in their location.
C) in whether or not they are associated with hair follicles.
D) all of the above.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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The melanocytes in very dark skin


A) are more abundant than they are in light skin.
B) contain single, large, pigment granules.
C) lack pigment but shrivel up and turn black.
D) contain many small pigment granules.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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