Final answer:
The term for skin that is pulled or drawn tightly is 'taut.' Striated muscle appears striped and a cut must reach the papillary dermis layer of the skin to cause bleeding.
Step-by-step explanation:
The term for a surface that is pulled or drawn tightly, such as skin, is C. taut. The other options provided, such as eschar (which refers to dead tissue on skin), intertrigo (a skin condition caused by the rubbing of moist skin), and striae (which are stretch marks), do not accurately describe skin that is pulled tightly. Elastin fibers in the dermis of the skin contribute to its ability to return to a taut state after being stretched.
A striped appearance in muscle tissue refers to striated muscle, which is composed of fibers that create a pattern of stripes visible under a microscope. In contrast, nonstriated muscle, such as smooth muscle, does not have this striated appearance.
When considering which layer of the skin must be cut in order to bleed, it would be the papillary dermis, as the upper layers such as the stratum corneum and stratum granulosum are largely composed of dead or keratinizing cells and do not contain blood vessels. The bleed indicates that blood vessels within the dermis were affected by the cut.