Despite its apparent durability, the dermis is subject to tearing. How might a person know that the dermis has been stretched and/or torn?
A) Because the pain is acute due to a large number of Meissner's corpuscles.
B) The appearance of visible, silvery-white scars is an indication of stretching of the dermis.
C) The blood vessels in the dermis rupture and the blood passes through the tissue, causing "black and blue marks."
D) The stretching causes the tension lines to disappear.
Answer: B) The appearance of visible, silvery-white scars is an indication of the stretching of the dermis.