Unit 7A Flashcards

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Nervous tissue

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Sends electrical signals throughout your body;located in brain,nerves, and sense organs

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Epithelial tissue

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Covers and protects underlying tissue; u see it when u look at your skin

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Muscle tissue

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Made of cells that contract and relax to produce movement

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Connective tissue

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Joins, supports,protects,insulates, nourishes, and cushions organs; keeps organs from falling apart

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Organ systems don’t

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Work independently

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Integumentary system includes….

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Skin, nails, hair

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Epidermis

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Thinner layer of the two. It’s what u look at when u see your skin

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Dermis

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Deeper,thicker layer of skin

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Blood vessels

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Transport substances and help regulate body temp

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Nerves

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Carry messages to and from the brain

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Muscle fibers

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Attached to a hair follicle can contract, causingcausing the hair to stand up

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Hair follicles

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In the dermis produce hair

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Oil glands

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Release oil that keeps hair flexible and helps waterproof the epidermis

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Sweat glands

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Release sweat

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Your skin has nerve endings which allow you to feel:

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Pressure, pain, heat, cold

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How many species of bacteria does the skin have

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182 species

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cancer

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Uncontrolled cell division causing tumor that invades other tissue

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Keratin

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Fibrous structural protein of hair, nails, horn, hooves, wool, feathers, and the epithelial cells in the outermost layers of the skin