Chapter 6 The Integumentary system Flashcards
What are the 7 functions of the skin?
- Protection 2. Body Temperature Regulation 3. Cutaneous Sensations 4. Metabolic functions 5. Blood Reservoir 6. Excretion 7. Nonverbal communication
What are the three protective barriers of the skin?
The Integumentary systems metabolic function synthesis ______
Vitamin D
The Integumentary system contains a blood reservoir up to 5% of the body’s _____-
Blood volume
What are the nonverbal communication of the intergumentary system?
Facial expressions
What are the three major regions of the skin?
What are the thick and thin layers of the epidermis?
What are the cells of the epidermis and their functions?
What are the layers of the Epidermis?
Come Lets Get Sunburned
The Dermis is mainly composed of ___
Collagen
The dermis is supplied with?
blood vessels, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, nerve endings, hair follicles, and nail roots
What are the two layers of the dermis and their functions?
What is the function of the hypodermis?
The hypodermis contains more _ and _ than the dermis
adipose and areolar
What is the function of subcutaneous fat?
____ is the most significant factor in skin color, produed by __ accumulates in ___
Melanin, Melanocytes, keratinocytes
What are the two types of sudoriferous glands?
Apocrine ( found in hair follicles) and Merocrine (eccrine) glands (found in most of the body and open directly into the skins surface)
What is the location and function of the apocrine sweat gland?
What is the location and function of the merocrine glands?
Contract in response to stimulation by sympathetic nervous system and squeeze perspiration up the duct of glands
Myoepithelial cell ( found in both apocrine and eccrine glands
Myoepithelial cells are found in what glands?
apocrine and merocrine glands
Begins as a protein-free filtrate of blood plasma produced by deep secretory portion of gland
sweat
What is the function of sweat?
What is the function and location of sebaceous glands?
