Integumentary System & Body Directions Quiz
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What is the largest organ of the body?
A. heart
B. lungs
C. skin
D. spine
Heart is ________ located in chest cavity
A. dorsally
B. medially
C. ventrally
D. sturdily
Inflammation of the skin
A. eczema
B. dermatitis
C. psoriasis
D. vitiligo
The dermis is composed of
A. connective tissue & collagen fiber
B. cartilage & keratin
C. veins & melanin
D. keloids & gangrenes
What is the skin’s primary function?
A. temperature regulation
B. protection
C. secrete fluids
D. sense pain
General term for wound, injury, or abnormality
A. contusion
B. abrasion
C. lesion
D. fracture
What is an infection of skin fold around a nail
A. onychia
B. onychophagia
C. paronychia
D. onyparophagia
A scraping away of skin surface by friction
A. contusion
B. abrasion
C. lesion
D. fracture
Injury caused by a blow to the body; causes swelling, pain & bruising; skin is not broken
A. contusion
B. abrasion
C. lesion
D. fracture
Bottom or lower part of organ
A. base
B. side
C. apex
D. medial
What are all of the accessory organs of the integumentary system?
A. sebaceous and sweat glands
B. hair, skin, nails
C. hair, skin, nails, sebaceous glands, sweat glands
D. sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair, nails
Superficial dermatitis of unknown cause accompanied by redness, itching, and crusting
A. eczema
B. dermatitis
C. psoriasis
D. vitiligo
The position a patient would be put into for spinal surgery
A. cephalic
B. cervical
C. supine
D. prone
Refers to the side
A. cephalic
B. caudal
C. lateral
D. inferior
The position a patient would be put into for abdominal surgery
A. cephalic
B. abdominal
C. supine
D. prone
Located farther away from point of attachment to body
A. distal
B. proximal
C. lateral
D. inferior
Located nearer to point of attachment to body
A. distal
B. proximal
C. lateral
D. inferior
What means more toward back or spinal cord side of body
A. superior
B. inferior
C. posterior
D. ventral
Disappearance of pigment from skin in patches, causing milk-white appearance
A. eczema
B. dermatitis
C. psoriasis
D. vitiligo
We hear the heartbeat by listening over ________ of heart
A. base
B. side
C. apex
D. medial
What means more toward front or belly side of body
A. superior
B. inferior
C. posterior
D. ventral
Collection of pus in the skin
A. pimple
B. acne
C. keloid
D. abscess
What means more toward feet or below another structure
A. superior
B. inferior
C. posterior
D. ventral
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