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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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    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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    INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

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    INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 1. Covering and protection 2. Secretion (cutaneous gland) 3. Excretion of metabolic wastes (cutaneous gland) 4. Sensation (presence of nerve endings and tacticle) 5. Respiration – in frog 6. Absorption – in frog 7. Regulation of body temperature HOMOIOTHERMOUS ANIMALS- warm blooded animals or those with regulated body temperature because of their heat-conserving body. POIKILOTHERMOUS ANIMALS - cold blooded animals whose body temperature closely follows

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    The organ systems of the human body are interdependent because one organ of the connects to another organ system. Organs are made up of tissues which that work together to keep organism‚ in this essay humans‚ alive. One function of a system always leads to another systems function. If one organ becomes ineffective/damaged‚ then that person may not function well and end up passing away. There are eleven organ systems within the human body: integumentary‚ skeletal‚ muscular‚ nervous‚ endocrine‚ circulatory/cardiovascular

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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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    1.Name the tissue types composing the epidermis and dermis. List the major layers of each and describe the functions of each layer. The epidermis is composed of keratinized stratified squamous epithelium tissue. The cells are specifically keratinocytes‚ melanocytes‚ Merkel cells‚ and Langerhans’ cells. The layers of the epidermis are the basal layer (stratum basale)‚ it is the deepest layer and is attached to the dermis‚ the cells are actively mitotic. The next layer is the prickly layer (stratum

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    energy to function to survive. It distributes energy from the body through heat. Another example is us as humans use oxygen to breath and provide air in our lungs‚ once we inhale it allows us to intake oxygen from the air into the lungs once that occurs we release the carbon dioxide. 3.

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    SKIN AND THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM CHAPTER 6 Your Name () OVERVIEW This chapter describes the skin and its appendages. It explains the structure and function of the layers of skin (dermis and epidermis) and the hair‚ nails‚ and sweat glands. This chapter also explains how the skin helps regulate body temperature and how it responds to environmental factors‚ such as sunlight and injury. Study of the integumentary system is essential to understanding how the body controls interaction between

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    The knowledge of the different body systems as a practitioner is vital to the care of patients. (Ref)1. As a Dermatology Nurse the in depth knowledge of Integumentary and Nervous systems and many more systems are crucial when it comes to treating‚ managing or slowing down the effects of a patient’s condition. (Ref 2) A good practitioner‚ who is practically familiar with various forms‚ phases‚ complications‚ and tendencies of cutaneous disease‚ ought to be able‚ with a good light‚ to pronounce on

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    Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 4 pages 76-90 Integumentary System Define: 1.)Integument: Is another name for skin‚ and the skin itself is the principal organ of the Integumentary system. 2.)Membranes: Thin layer or sheet-like structures that have many important functions in the body. 3.)Epithelial Membranes: One of the two major category types of membranes in the body. Epithelial Membranes are composed of epithelial tissue and an underlying layer of specialized connective

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