BIOD 151- Module 7
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1. Integumentary Consists of the skin, mucous membranes, hair, and nails
System
2. What is the The skin
largest organ of
the body?
3. What are the 3 epidermis (outer layer, dermis (middle layer), and hypodermic (inner or subcuta-
layers of skin? neous layer)
4. Sensory Organs organs that are specialized to detect a certain type of sensory input
5. Merkel's cells and Mechanoreceptors that detect mechanical sensory information in the form of light
Meissner's cor- touch and vibration
puscles
6. Nociceptors detect pain such as from a pin prick
7. Pacinian corpus- detect the mechanical sensory information of pressure applied to skin
cles
8. Thermoreceptors detect hot and cold
9. Exocrine glands secrete chemical substances into ducts into an epithelial surface or lining or the
surface of the skin
10. multicellular composed of multiple cells and are set within epithelial tissue, releasing their
glands contents through a duct to the surface
11. Sebaceous oil glands that produce sebum to keep the skin and hair from drying out, as well
glands inhibits the growth of harmful microorganisms
12. Sweat glans Also known as sudoriferous glands produce sweat
13. Perspiration The release of sweat
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_e2sood
1. Integumentary Consists of the skin, mucous membranes, hair, and nails
System
2. What is the The skin
largest organ of
the body?
3. What are the 3 epidermis (outer layer, dermis (middle layer), and hypodermic (inner or subcuta-
layers of skin? neous layer)
4. Sensory Organs organs that are specialized to detect a certain type of sensory input
5. Merkel's cells and Mechanoreceptors that detect mechanical sensory information in the form of light
Meissner's cor- touch and vibration
puscles
6. Nociceptors detect pain such as from a pin prick
7. Pacinian corpus- detect the mechanical sensory information of pressure applied to skin
cles
8. Thermoreceptors detect hot and cold
9. Exocrine glands secrete chemical substances into ducts into an epithelial surface or lining or the
surface of the skin
10. multicellular composed of multiple cells and are set within epithelial tissue, releasing their
glands contents through a duct to the surface
11. Sebaceous oil glands that produce sebum to keep the skin and hair from drying out, as well
glands inhibits the growth of harmful microorganisms
12. Sweat glans Also known as sudoriferous glands produce sweat
13. Perspiration The release of sweat
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