Sweat gland

the outer body. • Anatomical location- The integumentary system is superior or external to the body. The organs that make up this system is the skin, glands, nails, hair, and sense receptors. In addition, the skeletal frame is superficial to the cutaneous membrane in the human body. • Key Anatomical features- The skin, nails, hair, and glands. • The skin- The cutaneous membrane is the toughest organ that the human body has, and it has three coating layers. One is the epidermis, the next is…

nails, and exocrine glands (Taylor, 2015). The skin is also important in maintaining body water levels and preventing water loss into the environment. Serious levels of dehydration can be reflected in reduced skin turgor that is displayed by tenting of the skin as a flag for dehydration (Popkin, D’Anci & Rosenberg, 2010). The body’s core temperature is usually between 36-37 0C. The core temperature is balanced by heat gains and losses, the body uses sweat and evaporation of sweat to cool the…

Epidermis is the tough outermost layer of the skin, and is made up of the stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale. It is mainly comprised of the protein keratin, squamous epithelial cells and melanin. The epidermis acts as a waterproof barrier and the melanin absorbs ultra violet light to prevent burns, inflammation, and swelling of the skin. Dermis is the lower layer of the skin that contains collagen, nerve fibers, lymph vessels, and blood…

Ptosis, anisocoria and hemifacial anhidrosis are symptoms related to the abnormal function of the oculosympathetic pathway of the autonomic nervous system. This tract consists of a three-neuron arc that runs from the hypothalamus to the eye and the sweat glands of face and neck. If it is disrupted at any point along its length, it results in Horner syndrome like in this clinical case. The first order neuron, also called central, originates in the posterolateral part of the hypothalamus, runs…

It consist of principally loose connective tissue. Some of glands found in the subcutaneous tissue are Ceruminous Glands, Modified Apocrine Sweat Glands that produce ear wax. Hair follicles and ceruminous glands are specific sudoriferous glands sweat found subcutaneously in the outer auditory channel. Ceruminous glands are coiled or tubular shape made up of an inward secretory layer of cells they also produce a yellowish, semisolid mixture…

Ectodermal Dysplasia Jonathan Moon American Fork Junior High A2 2/24/17 Abstract Ectodermal Dysplasia is a group of conditions that interfere with the normal functions of skin, hair, nails, teeth or sweat glands. These abnormalities cause various issues with everyday activities such as eating, brushing hair, exercising, and blinking. This paper will explain how this disease occurs, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Causes of ED Ectodermal Dysplasia, or ED, is a genetic disorder that…

recognize changes in the blood temperature as it flows past the brain (Reece et al., 2011). The activated thermoregulatory center then responds to the increased external temperature by sending nerve impulses to effectors such as sweat glands and muscles. Sweat glands secrete sweat onto the surface of the skin, which evaporates thus cooling the body by getting rid of heat while blood vessels beneath the skin dilate (vasodilation), due to increase in heartbeat, causing capillaries to fill with…

hormone released by the thymus to stimulate the growth of T-lymphocyte cells and the melatonin hormone is produced by the pineal gland to help control the circadian sleep-wake…

muscles, sweat glands and skin blood. Furthermore, the parasympathetic nervous system has no major role in the thermos-regulation except it helps coat the unstriated muscle of the skin arterioles to relax. Also the sympathetic nervous system looks after both the sweat glands and the calibre of arterioles. The sweat glands become activated by the sympathetic nerves and the arterioles increase in size so that more heat to the top of the skin. This increases heat loss by evaporation of sweat and…

affects the respiratory tract, the digestive tract, the sweat glands, and the fertility cells. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a mutation in a gene that controls the production of a protein that is needed for the controlling of water balance within a cell. When the water within the cell is abnormal, the pancreas, the lungs and also some other glands throughout the body accumulate thick mucus. The mucus clogs the sweat glands and the salivary glands. One serious symptom of the disease is when thick…