Spencer_Elisabeth quiz: skin Flashcards
3. What is subcutaneous tissue? And where is it?
Forms a connection between the skin and underlying of the body such as muscle and bone. It is in the area beneath the dermis
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2. What is the sebaceous gland?
Secretes oil for the hair and skin and it’s in the dermis
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10. How does the skin protect the body the body from disease?
by keeping disease-causing microorganisms from entering the body
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12. How does your body make new skin?
Through the division of existing skin cells
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18. The forehead, eyelids and the shin are missing which part of the integumentary system?
subcutaneous tissue
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21. Which bodily system - parts of which can be found in the skin - is responsible for your sense of touch?
The nervous system
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27. What’s the epidermis?
Protects the body’s surface
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30. The substances that waterproofs and lubricates your hair and skin is
Sebum
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32. How does the skin help regulate body temperature?
by enabling excess heat to escape from the body
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#33. Place the following parts of the skin in order, from innermost to outermost: A) Dermis; B) Epidermis; C) Hypodermis
CAB
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20. The karotinocytes in the skin functions to?
keep water within the skin.
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