5. Integumentary System

Sebaceous glands belong to which of the following classes?

Multiple Choice

The role of ceruminous glands is to __________.

Sebaceous glands are located in all of the following areas EXCEPT the __________.

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Which integumentary gland is believed to function as a sexual scent gland?

Multiple Choice

Apocrine sweat glands __________.

Fill in the blanks: Sebaceous glands secrete by____ secretion; sweat glands secrete by____ secretion.

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

How do sweat and sebum differ?

What would happen to the skin if the oil produced by sebaceous glands was instead a polar covalent compound?

The 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.

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Sebum a. 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.

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The 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.

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Apocrine sweat glands can be controlled by (a) the autonomic nervous system, (b) regional control mechanisms, (c) the endocrine system, (d) both a and c.

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One of the factors to which lie detectors respond is an increase in electrical skin conductance due to the presence of moisture. Explain the physiological basis for the use of this indicator.