The Integumentary System The Integumentary System‚ consisting of the skin‚ hair and nails‚ act as a barrier to protect the body from the outside world. It also has several other functions in the body. The word INTEGUMENT comes from a Latin word that means to cover. The most important function of the integumentary system is protection. This system 1) serves as a barrier against infection and injury‚ 2) helps to regulate and maintain body temperature‚ 3) removes waste products from the body
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5 The Integumentary System FOCUS: The integumentary system consists of the skin‚ hair‚ nails‚ and a variety of glands. The epidermis of the skin provides protection against abrasion‚ ultraviolet light‚ and water loss‚ and produces vitamin D. The dermis provides structural strength and contains blood vessels involved in temperature regulation. The skin is attached to underlying tissue by the hypodermis‚ which is a major site of fat storage. CONTENT LEARNING ACTIVITY Hypodermis ❛❛The hypodermis
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life that we enjoy. When we go to the workplace there is a system and a chain of command with which the offices are functioning‚ just like that our bodies are also a complex group of network that is constantly in communication with one another to keep our bodies functioning. There are multiple systems and each one is extremely important in its role but one of the most important systems found within the human bodies is the cardiovascular system. It pumps blood to each portion of our body‚ which
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The Integumentary System I. Introduction My chosen organ system is the integumentary system. II. The Integumentary System’s function is to protect and support organs in the body hence this is why its largest organ is the Skin. a. The skin protects underlying tissue against harmful bacteria‚ it provides barriers against most chemicals‚ it also reduces the chance of injury due to mechanic equipment b. The skin also helps regulate body temperature. c. It regulates the body temperature
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Integumentary System and functions The integumentary system contains the largest organ in the human body‚ the skin. Hair and nails‚ are also part of integumentary system as the extension of the skin. The skin‚ however‚ is the most important. All these structures together‚ provide protection to the inner tissues of the body. Protection is the most important function of the integumentary system. The skin is a waterproof layer that holds in all the moisture within our body and helps regulates body
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CHAPTER 6 Integumentary System • Dermatology – scientific study and medical treatment of the integumentary system. • Integumentary System – consists of the skin and its accessory organs – hair‚ nails‚ and cutaneous glands • skin is the most vulnerable organ • skin is the most vulnerable organ – exposed to radiation‚ trauma‚ infection‚ and injurious chemicals • body’s largest and heaviest organ Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue • consists of two layers: – epidermis – stratified squamous epithelium
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Integumentary System Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0280-00-01 Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor
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INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM Precious Hodges Rasmussen College Medical Terminology March‚ 15‚ 2013 This paper is being written for Sarah Rodarte’s Medical Terminology Class at Rasmussen College submitted by Precious Hodges Skin sebaceous Glands are classified under the pilosebaceous unit and contain both a hair follicle and a hair. The glands are located everywhere in the body expect in the palms‚ soles‚ top of the feet‚ and the lower lip. The glands are heavily located on the face‚ upper
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1.The human body has many system including the integument. The integumentary system is an organ system consisting of skin‚ hairs‚ nails and exocrine glands. The Skin as a largest organs in human body serves as protection and covering‚ composed of two region the epidermis and dermis. The most superficial and outer layer of skin is Epidermis that covers the entire body surface. The epidermis is avascular means that it has no blood supply also has four to five distinct layers: stratum basale‚ stratum
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BSC 2085C – Anatomy & Physiology I Lab 5: The Integumentary System Name Directions: There are five (5) activities in this lab. Please be sure to complete them all. For all questions‚ type your answers into the yellow box ____ (including your name above) it will expand as you write. Activity 1: The Skin 1-1: Enter the letter of the correct structure in the space provided: A. adipose tissue 1. __3__ B. eccrine sweat gland 2. __8__ C. arrector pili muscle 3. __7__ D. dermis 4. __1__ E. hair
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