Skin or otherwise know as cutaneous membrane makes up a vast majority of the Integumentary System. Skin acts as a barrier from bacteria‚ UV radiation‚ and physical trauma. Due to being such a large portion of the body‚ skin is exposed to a wide quantity of factors that can contribute to the damage. The cause of skin damage can be anywhere from cuts‚ burns‚ to even diseases. Once the skin is damaged the complex response system takes action. Some individuals with scars go a step further with removal of
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The Integumentary System Christina Valle Semester Project MED- 105/ME1 ASA College The Integumentary System The integumentary system is the organ system that protects the body from damage‚ and consists of skin and its appendages: hair‚ nails‚ sebaceous glands and sweat glands. The skin is our body’s covering‚ and is the largest organ of the body. ------------------------------------------------- Functions of the skin 1. ------------------------------------------------- Covers and
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The Integumentary System plays an important role in the function of the human body. This system has a major protective function in which it protects from the invasion of infectious organisms inside the body. Also‚ this system helps the body to prevent dehydration and it prevent the change of temperature abruptly. This system consist of the biggest organ in the body which is the skin.This organ helps protect from microbes and other elements. It acts as a physical barrier to the environment and it
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consists of eleven major organ systems that maintain homeostasis: the skeletal‚ muscular‚ circulatory‚ nervous‚ respiratory‚ digestive‚ urinary‚ endocrine‚ reproductive‚ integumentary and lymphatic systems. These organ systems are dependent on each other to keep the human body in homeostasis. For example‚ the nervous and endocrine systems coordinate functions of other body systems because they allow information to be communicated throughout the body. The nervous system consists of the brain‚ nerves
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There are small amounts of the integumentary system which is not completely protected. If you were to lift some bones up off the Valexian skeletal system‚ you will find pieces of unprotected integumentary system. The bone is connected to the integumentary system by connective tissue. This is one of the only few places they are weak on their body. They can become injured in these places. If the injuries
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section sixteen is the pathophysiological changes that can occur in the integumentary system. These include inflammatory reaction of the skin and the formation of lesions‚ burns‚ cellulitis‚ dermatitis‚ folliculitis‚ furuncles‚ carbuncles‚ fungal infections‚ pressure ulcers‚ psoriasis‚ scleroderma‚ toxic epidermal necrolysis and warts. All these possible alterations mentioned applies to physiology because the integumentary system‚ which consists of the skin‚ the subcutaneous tissue below the skin‚
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Chapter 6 Integumentary System 6.1 Introduction The skin‚ the largest organ in the body‚ and its accessory structures constitute the integumentary system. 6.2 Skin and its tissues Skin is a protective covering‚ helps regulate body temperature‚ houses sensory receptors‚ synthesizes chemicals‚ and excretes wastes. It is composed of an epidermis and a dermis separated by a basement membrane. A subcutaneous layer‚ not part of the skin‚ lies beneath the dermis. The subcutaneous layer is composed of
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composed of complicated and intricate systems that work together to keep us alive and able to move and process the things we find to be simple such as breathing or blinking. There are 11 systems in our body‚ each in charge of something different and supplying support to the other. Those 11 systems are the‚ nervous‚ skeletal‚ muscular‚ circulatory‚ respiratory‚ digestive‚ endocrine‚ reproductive‚ excretory‚ integumentary and immune systems. I will address every system in the human body as well as provide
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The Integumentary system is considered the largest system in the human body that protects it from various kinds of damage‚ however this does not prevent skin disorders to appear. Keloids is a skin disorder that results from the overgrowth of scar tissue that occurs at the site of a skin injury. They occur where trauma‚ surgery‚ blisters‚ vaccinations‚ acne or body piercing have injured the skin. Keloids can affect any part of the body‚ but they are most commonly found on the chest. According
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(Give the structure and function of each) * Keratinocytes- 90% filled with keratin and have a waterproof barrier. * Melanocytes- 8% produce melanin pigment and pass them to the keratinocytes. * Langerhans cells- phagocytes from the immune system and are easily damaged by UV light * Merkle cells- located in deepest layer of hairless skin and they are the sensory transduction. 4. Name the five epidermal layers from the outside of the skin to the inside. Tell the structure of each
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