Chapter 16 - Skin - Functions and Structure Flashcards

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What is the accessory structures of the skin?

What does Integument means?

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  • Hair, glands and nails

- Covering

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What is the functions of Skin?

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  • Provides a protective membrane
  • Skin glands lubricate and cool the skin
  • Receptor for sensations
  • Helps maintain body temperature
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What produces sweat?

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  • Sweat glands produce a watery secretion that evaporates and cools
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What produces sebum?

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  • Sebaceous glands produce an oily secretion that lubricates the skin and hair
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What does the Receives sensation do?

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  • React to pain, temperature, pressure, and touch
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What is the Thermoregulates?

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  • interprets message from heat center in the brain
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What does the Thermoregulation allows your body to maintain?

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  • Its core internal temperature

- Its supposed to help maintain homeostasis

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What is another name for maintain homeostasis?

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  • state of equilibrium
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What is the hypothalamus?

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  • a section of your brain that controls thermoregulation
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What does the Hypothalamus do?

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  • They (your muscles, organs, glands, and nervous system) respond in a variety of ways to help return your temperature to normal
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What is the Epidermis?

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  • outermost (1st layer of the skin), thin cellular membrane
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What is the Epidermis composed of?

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  • squamous epithelium
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What does the epidermis lack?

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  • Blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and connective tissue
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What is the Dermis?

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  • Next layer (middle layer); dense fibrous, connective tissue
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What is the Dermis composed of?

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  • blood vessels, lymph and nerve fibers as well as accessory organs of the skin, hair follicles, sweat glands and sebaceous glands
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What is the Subcutaneous tissue?

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  • thick, fat-containing tissue

- the last layer of the skin

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What is Adipocytes?

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  • They store large amounts of fat

- Acts as a heat insulator and for energy storage

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Where is Adipocytes control?

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  • In the Subcutaneous layer