The Integumentary System

Front 1

What makes up your integumentary system?

Back 1

skin
hair
nails

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Front 2

What does the integumentary system do?

Back 2

helps your body maintain a healthy internal environment

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Front 3

What are sweat glands?

Back 3

small organs in skin that produce sweat

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Front 4

What is melanin?

Back 4

darkening chemical in skin determines skin color

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Front 5

How many skin layers are there and what are they?

Back 5

2
epidermis- thinner layer
dermis- deeper, thicker layer

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Front 6

What type of tissue is the epidermis composed of?

Back 6

epithelial

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Front 7

What makes the skin tough?

Back 7

most epidermal cells are and are filled with a protein called keratin

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Front 8

What type of tissue is the dermis composed of?

Back 8

connective

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Front 9

What are blood vessels?

Back 9

transport substances and help regulate body temperature

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Front 10

What are nerves?

Back 10

carry messages to and from the brain

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Front 11

What are muscle fibers?

Back 11

attached to a hair follicle can contract, causing the hair to stand up

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Front 12

What are hair follicles?

Back 12

in the dermis produce hair

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Front 13

What are oil glands?

Back 13

oil that keeps hair flexible and helps waterproof the epidermis

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Front 14

What are sweat glands?

Back 14

release sweat. As sweat evaporates, the body is cooled. Sweat also contains waste materials taken out of the body

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Front 15

What does hair protect from what?

Back 15

protects your skin from ultraviolet light and helps keep particles out of your eyes and nose

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Front 16

What pigment does hair get its color from?

Back 16

melanin

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Front 17

FILL IN THE blanks: A contraction to a tiny muscle attached to the hair follicle causes the blank to bend.

Back 17

blank= follicle

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Front 18

What does nails protect from what?

Back 18

protects the tips of your fingers and toes so that they can remain soft and sensitive

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Front 19

What and where do nails form?

Back 19

form from nail roots under the skin at the base and sides of nails

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Front 20

Why do nails grow longer?
(and don't say pubirty, because that isn't correct in this case)

Back 20

new cells form

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Front 21

What happens when you damage the genetic material in skin cells?

Back 21

results in uncontrolled cell division, producing a mass of skin cells called a tumor

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Front 22

What is the term cancer used to describe?

Back 22

a tumor that invades other tissue

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Front 23

What happens when your skin is affected by hormones?

Back 23

causes the oil glands in your skin to produce excess oil

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Front 24

Why does skin vary from person to person?

Back 24

because of the pigment melanin

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Front 25

List 6 structures found in the dermis and the function of each one.

Back 25

blood vessels- transport substances and help regulate body temperature

nerves- carry messages to and from the brain

muscle fibers- attached to a hair follicle can contract, causing the hair to stand up

hair follicles- in the dermis produce hair

oil glands- release oil that keeps hair flexible and helps waterproof the epidermis

sweat glands- release sweat. as sweat evaporates, the body is cooled. sweat also contains waste materials taken out of the body

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Front 26

Why do you feel pain when you pull on your hair or nails but not when you cut them?

Back 26

because you are cutting the dead cells of your body that the body no longer needs

Hint 26

p. ... actually it's in my head