Integumentary System
What is a function of the integumentary system?
Acts as a receptor for touch, pressure, pain and heat
What feeds the root of your hair that helps create more cells and makes the hair grow?
Blood from the blood vessels in your scalp
How do eyebrows and eyelashes protect our eyes?
By decreasing the amount of light and particles that go in them
What three layers is the skin composed of?
Epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
What is hair produced by?
Hair follicles
What are nails made of?
Hard plates of protein and keratin
What is a function of the integumentary system?
Helps dispose of waste materials
How does the integumentary system interact with other systems?
It works with other systems in your body to keep and carry the conditions that your cells, tissues, and organs need for it to run correctly. One of the first defense mechanisms in your immune system.
What are nails produced by?
Nail follicles
What is a function of the integumentary system?
Protecting your body's internal living tissues and organs
What is a function of the integumentary system?
Protects against invasion by infectious organisms
What is a function of the integumentary system?
Protects the body against abrupt changes in temperature
What is a function of the integumentary system?
Protects the body from dehydration
What is the purpose of hair in our nose, ears and around our eyes?
Protects these sensitive areas of the body from dust and other small particles
What does the fine hair covering our body do for our body?
Provides warmth and protects our skin
What does skin do?
Shapes the body's covering layer and forms barriers to defend the body from diseases and chemicals, UV light, and physical damage
What is the integumentary system consisted of?
Skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands
What is a function of the integumentary system?
Stores water and fat
What is the epidermis?
The top layer of skin which doesn't contain blood vessels, about one-tenth of a millimeter thick
What are the 3 types of exocrine glands in the skin?
Sweat, sebaceous, mammary
How does the integumentary system interact with the circulatory system?
The circulatory system supplies oxygen and nutrients to the integumentary system and eliminates waste.
What is the hypodermis?
The deepest layer of the skin that helps insulate the body and cushion the internal organs, composed of apidose tissue that stores excess energy as fat
What is the dermis?
The middle layer of the skin, composed of the papillary layer and the reticular layer. Both layers providing elasticity
How does the integumentary system work with the nervous system?
The nervous system contains sweat glands and flows blood to the integumentary system to regulate body tempature. The nervous system also processes touch reception. Receptors in the skin send sensory information to the brain.
What is the integumentary system?
The organ system that protects the body from different kinds of damage
What is the MAIN function of the integumentary system?
To act as a barrier to protect the body from the outside world, also functioning to retain body fluids, protect against disease, eliminate waste products, and regulate body temperature
What is the purpose of exocrine glands?
To secrete products