rians_samuel test skin Flashcards
- For a cell to move from the layer to top layer of the epidermis it takes about.
2 weeks
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- When the arrector pili muscles contract
goose bumps form on the skin
- Skin questions
- How many layers of skin cells are found in the epidermis.
5 layers
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- What’s one thing that helps cool the body?
evaporation of sweat from the skin’s surface
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- You have a new epidermis after.
3 to 5 weeks
- Skin questions
- Fat is a type of ______ tissue
Connective
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- Describe how the ski helps maintain the body temperature if a person becomes too warm.
Blood vessels in the skin enlarge to increase the amount of blood that flows through them. This allows heat to move from the body into the outside environment.Sweat glands in the skin produce perspiration. As the perspiration evaporates, it carries heat into the air. Hair lies flat.
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- What is the life cycle of epidermal cells.
Epidermal cells begin life deep in the epidermis where cells divide to form new cells gradually mature and move upward in the epidermis as new cells form beneath them about 2 weeks after they are formed the cells die and become part of the surface layer of the epidermis after another 2 weeks, dead cells in the surface layer are shed and replaced by the dead cells below.
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