Skin

Skin

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a function of human skin?

  1. Synthesis of vitamin
  2. Temperature regulation
  3. Prevention from excessive loss of water
  4. Absorption of water and minerals
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Epidermis of skin is composed of

  1. elastic fibre
  2. blood vessel
  3. cornified layer
  4. nerves
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the optimum range for normal body temperature?

  1. 18°C - 20°C
  2. 35°C - 40°C
  3. 90° - 95°C
  4. 40°C - 45°C
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following diseases is melanin lost from smaller or larger patches at different regions of the body?

  1. Leucodema
  2. Albinism
  3. Eczema
  4. Pronasis
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the problems is not related to secretion of sebaceous gland?

  1. Pimples
  2. Nausea
  3. Acne
  4. Black head
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The flattened dead cells present in stratum coneum are made of _________

  1. melanin
  2. elastic fibres
  3. keratin
  4. histone
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following layers of skin acts as a layer of separation between dermis and epidermis?

  1. Stratum basale
  2. Stratum corneum
  3. Stratum lucidum
  4. Stratum spinosum
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During winters or during some emotions, the hair is lifted and surface of the skin contracts and becomes wrinkled. This is caused by ______.

  1. arrector muscles
  2. elastic fibers
  3. sabaceous glands
  4. blood vessels
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The colour of the skin is due to a pigment called melanin. The melanin is contained in the cells of ______ layers of skin.

  1. cornified
  2. malpighian
  3. granular
  4. elastic fibre
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which portion of brain acts as a thermostat?

  1. Medulla oblongata
  2. Hypothalamus
  3. Cerebrum
  4. Cerebellum
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From which of the following is heat not lost from the body?

  1. Skin
  2. Lungs
  3. Urine
  4. Liver
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During summers, the blood supply to the skin is increased. This process is called _______

  1. vasoconstriction
  2. vasodilation
  3. ectothemal
  4. endodermal
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is also known as' winter sleep'?

  1. Hibernation
  2. Vasoconstriction
  3. Aestivation
  4. Vasodilation
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
(i) Ceruminous glands
|        (a)        Eyelids
|

| (ii) Meibomian glands
| (b) Nipples
|
| (iii) Subaceous glands
| (c) Skin
|
| (iv) Mammary glands
| (d) Auditory canal
|

  1. (i) - (d), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (c), (iv) - (b)
  2. (i) - (a), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (c)
  3. (i) - (b), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (c)
  4. (i) - (c), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (a)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
(i) Poikilotherm (a) Constant body temperature
(ii) Homothermal (b) Generation of heat inside the body
(iii) Ectothermal (c) Variation in body temperature
(iv) Endothermal (d) Gaining of body heat form outside
  1. (i) - (b), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (d), (iv) – (a)
  2. (i) - (c), (ii) – (a), (iii) – (d), (iv) – (b)
  3. (i) - (a), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (d), (iv) – (b)
  4. (i) - (a), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (b), (iv) – (d)