Integumentary System Outline
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Integumentary System Outline
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Integumentary System
Composed of
Skin
Accessory structures
Accessory structures include
hair
Nails
Glands
nerves
Integumentary System
Main Functions
Cover and protect the body
Help regulate the body’s temperature
Excretes some of the body’s waste
materials
Includes sensors for pain and sensation
Skin
Functions
Protects the body from injury
protects the body from the intrusion of
harmful microorganisms
Protects the body from the ultraviolet (UV)
rays of the sun
helps to maintain proper internal
temperature of the body
Serves as a site for excretion of waste
through perspiration
serves as an important sensory organ
Skin
Covers
17 to 20 square feet
Variations of Thickness
1/50 inch to ¼ inch thick
The skin on the back upper back is 10 times
thicker than the skin on the eyelid
Skin
Layers of the skin and what they are
composed of
Epidermis
Dermis
Subcutaneous
Epidermis
Outer layer of skin
2 sub layers: stratum corneum, stratum
germinativum
Dead skin cells, melanin, 90% water
repellant
Dermis
Makes ridges known as fingerprints
Blood vessels, nerve endings,
sebaceous and sweat glands, hair
follicles
Subcutaneous
Fatty and fibrous tissue, blood vessels
and nerves
Fatty layer protects inner organs and
maintains body temp.
Hair
Pilus
Where you do/don’t have hair
Hair
All areas except soles of feet and palms
Visible Portion
shaft
Hair
The root
Oil glands
Attached to each hair
Melanin
follicle
Determines hair color
No melanin = gray hair
Baldness (alopecia)
Heredity, result of disease, injury, or medical treatment
Glands
Three types of glands
Sebaceous
Sudoriferous
ceruminous
Sebaceous
Dermis, base of hair follicles
Secrete sebum
Lubricates, softens, and protects skin
from bacteria and fungi
Sudoriferous (sweat glands)
Found almost everywhere
Cools the body
Diaphoresis = sweating
Ceruminous
Found in the auditory canal of ear
Secrete wax
Protects ear from infection
Nails
Function
Formed from
Protection
Help with grasping
objects
Allow us to scratch
Hard keratin
Lunula
Crescent shaped
white area