Overview Of Integumentary System Flashcards
What is the Integumentary system composed of?
The skin and its accessory organs: sweat glands, hair, nails, and sebaceous glands.
Skin is divided into how many layers?
3
What are the names of the skin’s layers
Epidermis, Dermis, subcutaneous tissue
What are the two types of skin glands?
Sebacous and sudorferous glands
What does hair do?
Helps in body temperature regulation
What are nails?
An accessory organ that covers and protects each digit and serves as a tool.
What is the primary function of the integumentary system?
To protect the body from external factors. Protective functions include: protection, housing of nerve receptors, secretion of fluids, and temp regulation.
Root: derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o
Skin
Root: Hidr/o, ird/o
Sweat
Root: hirsut/o, trich/o
Hair
Melan/o
Dark, black, melanin
Myc/o
Fungus
Root: nerc/o
Dead, death
Root: onych/o, ungu/o
Nail
Prefix: pachy
Thick
Root: rhytid/o
Wrinkles
Root: seb/o
Sebum, sebaceous gland, oil gland
Root: staphyl/o
Grape-like, clusters, also refers to the uvula
Root: strept/o
Twisted chains or strips
Root: xer/o
Dry
Prefix: epi
Above, upon
Prefix: sclero
Hand, tough
Prefix: sub
Under, below
Prefix: dys
Difficult, painful, abnormal, labored
