3. Integumentary System Flashcards
The body’s largest organ, serving as a physical barrier between the external and internal environments while protecting and maintaining the body
Skin
What is the most superficial layer of the skin?
Epidermis
What provides the first barrier of the protection from the invasion of substances into the body?
Epidermis
What is the connective tissue layer beneath the epidermis of the skin
Dermis
What is a keratinous strand produced by the epithelial cells of the hair follicle?
Hair
What is a keratinous structure produced by epithelial cells of the nail root?
Nail
What are the 2 exocrine glands?
Sebaceous
Sudoriferous
What is the sebaceous gland?
Gland that secrete sebum (oily substance)
Normally associated with hair follicles
What is the sudoriferous gland?
Sweat gland
Produces sweat
What are the 2 types of sudoriferous glands?
Eccrine
Apocrine
Which sudoriferous gland is this:
- Everywhere on skin
- Function soon after birth
Eccrine
Which sudoriferous gland is this:
-Axilla
- Anogenital region (anus & genital)
- Connects to hair follicle
- Without exit
Apocrine
