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Integumentary System
Catie Rose and Maria
What Does The System Do?
• Skin covers the body.
• Skin prevents loss of water.
• Skin protects the body from injuries and
infections.
• Skin regulates body temperature.
• Skin eliminates waste.
• Skin gathers information about the environment.
• Skin produces vitamin D.
• Skin keeps all of the organs in your body
Source-www.kids health.org
“Skin Words”
Integumentary System: The system of the body consisting of
skin, hair nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.
Skin: The membranous tissue forming the covering of an
animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and
dermis.
Epidermis: The outer most layer of the skin.
Dermis: The second layer of the skin- not visible and contains
nerve endings, blood vestals, oil glands, and sweat glands.
Sweat Glands- The fluid in your body that has oils, fats, acids,
and has a slight odor. (perspiration)
Source: www.dictionary.com
More “Skin Words”
Hair- Any of the keratinized, pigmented filaments growing
from the epidermis from a mammal.
Fingernails- The transparent plate over the end of your
fingers.
Toenails- The transparent plate over the end of your toes.
Hair Follicle- A small cavity on the epidermis from which a
hair develops.
Nerve Ending- Vanes in your dermis that help you feel
things.
Source- www.Dictionary.com and www. Kids
health.org
Diseases
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Chicken Pox
Have you ever woke up one morning,
looked in the mirror and saw that your
face was covered in rashes, spots, or
little things that look like zits? Well,
either your brother covered you in your
mom’s lipstick last night, or you’ve got
the CHICKEN POX!!! So what is chicken
pox? No it’s not when you turn into a
chicken! Chicken pox is actually a disease
when you get little red spots all over
your body that itch very badly. It is
caused by a virus called varicella zoster,
which causes you to get the red rash on
your skin. It’s also very contagious and
you can get it when a person sneezes on
you and it last up to 2-5 days. It effects
the intergumentary system because the
rashes on your skin are itchy and if you
scratch them, they can leave scars on
your skin. To avoid these nightmare
scratches, you may want to get shots for
them before they come.
Source-www.kids health.org
Interesting facts
• Did you know that your
hair is made up of
hundreds of dead
cells?
• There is about 20,000
pores on your face.
• If you stretched out
an adults skin it would
be the size of a queen
mattress.
Source-www.kids health.org
What Are
they?
Have you ever wondered what the hair, fingernails,
and actually toenails are? Well, your about to find
out! Let’s start with the hair. Hair is keratinized
pigment that grows from your epidermis (
epidermis is the outer layer of your skin) Keratin
is the protein that your hair is made of. Hair
actually comes from your parents. That’s the big
reason why you have hair!
Source-www.kids health.org
What are fingernails?
Next is the fingernails. These are also made out
of long fibers that are made of keratin. The nails
also protect the fingertips (which are the
transparent plate over your nails) and help you
pick up items.
Source-www.kidshealth.org
What are the toenails?
The toenails are the same as your fingernails only their
on your toes and they protect the tips of your toes. Not
much of a difference there!!!!
Source-www.kids health.org
What is it connected to?
The intergumentary system is actually connected
to all of the systems because it holds every other
system together. Without this system, you would
be a huge blob of organs. YUCK!!!!!
More Interesting Facts
• Did you know that the skin is the largest organ in
the body?
• Did you know that before you where born, you
already had fingernails and toenails?
• Did you know that animals with fur or feathers can
also get dandruff?
• Did you know that when you sleep at night, over a
million dust mites are eating dead cells that are on
you?
Source- www.yucky.discovery .com
Bibliography
www.kidshealth.org/kid
www.Dictionary.com
http://www.yucky.kids.discovery.com
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