Skin and Function 4 Flashcards
What is thermoregulation?
Skin protects against being to hot or cold
-Behavioral changes
Functions of the skin?
Barrier - fluid loss, infection, protein loss
Thermoregulation
Immune defense - spread of infection
Metabolism & detoxification- Disordered thyroxine metabolism
Communication
Sensation
What cells look like purple onion rings?
Pacinian bodies- they feel pressure
Skin is metabolically active. True or false?
True
What does skin metabolise?
Vitamin D
Thyroid hormone
What is skin a defense against?
Chemicals
Sunlight
Drugs
Pollutants
What is immune defence important in?
Protection against infection
Sunlight responses
Allergic reactions
Social and communication with skin?
- Visual
- Order
- Sociosexual behaviour
Sensory functions if the skin?
Touch, pressure and vibration
Pain and itch
Heat and cold
Nerve endings and receptors in skin
