Chapter 5 Integumentary System
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integumentary system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Consists of the skin, mucous membranes,
hair, and nail
5 Major functions of the skin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Protection
2. Sensation
3. Temperature
4. Vitamin D
5. Excretion
2 major tissue layers of skin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Epidermis and dermis
Superficial layer of the skin, consisting of epithelial tissue - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Epidermis
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, Resists abrasion on the skins surface and reduces water loss through skin. Does
NOT contain blood vessels. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Epidermis
Dermis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Responsible for most of the structural strength of the
skin. (Connective tissue)
Subcutaneous tissue or hypodermis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A layer of looks connective
tissue
Subcutaneous layer or hypodermis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Not part of the skin or the
integumentary system but it does connect the skin to underlying muscle or bone.
Type of epithelium the epidermis is: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stratified squamous
Keratinocytes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Most cells of the epidermis
Keratinocytes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔produce keratin
Keratin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and
nails
Melanocytes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cells of the epidermis that contribute to skin color
Langerhans cells - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Part of the immune system
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