Integumentary System

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.

Purpose:

What is the purpose of this exercise?

Are there any safety concerns associated with this exercise? If so, list what they are and what precautions should be taken.

Exercise 1: Structures of the Skin obseRvations

Before beginning, set up a data table similar to this Data Table 1. Fill in the names of the numbered structures.

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Skin Diagram (National Library of Medicine at http://nih.nlm.gov)

|Data Table 1: Structures of Skin |
|Item |Name |
|1. | Hair Shaft |
|2. | Arrector Pili Muscle |
|3. | Sebaceous Gland |
|4. | Hair Follicle |
|5. | Sweat Gland |
|6. | Pacinian Corpuscle |
|7. | Subcutis (Hypodermis) |
|8. | Dermis |
|9. | Epidermis |
|10. | Sensory Nerve Ending |
|11. | Dermal Papilla |
|12. | Sweat Pore