Multiple Choice
If an individual were unable to produce sebum, what problem would he or she most likely develop?
5. Integumentary System
Glands
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Glands
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements is NOT true of apocrine sweat glands and sebaceous glands?
- Multiple ChoiceSebaceous glands belong to which of the following classes?
- Multiple ChoiceThe role of ceruminous glands is to __________.
- Multiple ChoiceSebaceous glands are located in all of the following areas EXCEPT the __________.
- Multiple ChoiceWhich integumentary gland is believed to function as a sexual scent gland?
- Multiple ChoiceApocrine sweat glands __________.
- Open Question
Fill in the blanks: Sebaceous glands secrete by____ secretion; sweat glands secrete by____ secretion.
- Open Question
Match each type of gland with its correct properties.
____Eccrine sweat gland
____Sebaceous gland
____Ceruminous gland
____Mammary gland
____Apocrine sweat gland
a. Branched gland that secretes sebum into a hair follicle
b. Gland that secretes a protein-rich sweat into a hair follicle
c. Simple coiled tubular gland found over most of the body that secretes sweat through a sweat pore
d. Gland that secretes ear wax
e. Modified sweat gland that produces milk
- Open Question
How do sweat and sebum differ?
- Open Question
What would happen to the skin if the oil produced by sebaceous glands was instead a polar covalent compound?
- Open QuestionThe product of this type of sweat gland includes protein and lipid substances that become odoriferous as a result of bacterial action:a. apocrine gland,b. eccrine gland,c. sebaceous gland,d. pancreatic gland.
- Open QuestionSebuma. lubricates the surface of the skin and hair,b. consists of cell fragments and fatty substances,c. in excess may cause seborrhea,d. all of these.
- Open QuestionThe two types of exocrine glands in the skin are (a) eccrine and sweat glands, (b) sebaceous and sweat glands, (c) apocrine and sweat glands, (d) sebaceous and eccrine glands.
- Open QuestionApocrine sweat glands can be controlled by (a) the autonomic nervous system, (b) regional control mechanisms, (c) the endocrine system, (d) both a and c.