Related Essays

  • Integumentary System Research Paper

    I pick the integumentary system. The organs with this system are skin, hair, nails, and oil glands. The skin is the body’s outer covering and forms a barrier...

  • Healthy Skin Layers

    The dermis, the second major skin region containing strong, flexible connective tissue. It is composed of dense irregular connective tissue. Also, the dermis...

  • Informative Speech On Integumentary System

    It is made up of two parts cutaneous membrane and accessory structures. The accessory structures include hair, nails and exocrine glands. Cutaneous membrane ...

  • Integumentary System Essay

    The integumentary system consists of the largest organ of the body which along with supporting structures that cover majority of the surface area of the huma...

  • Functions Of The Integumentary System

    As previously stated, there are a few other structures of the integumentary system, such as hair, which is found in nearly all regions of skin. Hair also hel...

  • Epidermis Research Paper

    It is mostly dense irregular connective tissue and has a rich blood supply. It contains dermal papillae, which are projections that interlock with epidermal ...

  • Integumentary System Research Paper

    The integumentary system is part of an organ system which protects the body from all external processes while still being able to be surrounded by the climat...

  • How Does The Integumentary System Maintain Homeostasis In The Body

    Since the Integumentary System has multiple roles in homeostasis, including protection, temperature regulation, sensory reception, biochemical syntheses, and...

  • The Skin: The Physiology Of Skin

    Skin appendages include hairs, hair follicle, sweat glands, and sebaceous gland. Each has a unique role in maintaining homeostasis in the body. Hair and hair...

  • Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/8

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

8 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

Derm/o

Skin

Dermat/o

Skin

Hidr/o

Sweat, Perspiration

Kerat/o

Keratin, horny layer of skin

Melan/o

Dark, black, melanin

Onych/o

Nail

Seb/o

Sebum, sebaceous gland

Trich/o

Hair