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sebum - ANSWER ✔✔an oily secretion that helps to waterproof body
surface
stratum corneum - ANSWER ✔✔outermost layer of epidermis
apocrine sweat gland - ANSWER ✔✔becomes active at puberty
melanin - ANSWER ✔✔epidermal pigment
dermis - ANSWER ✔✔inner layer of skin
eccrine sweat gland - ANSWER ✔✔responds to elevated body
temperature
, epidermis - ANSWER ✔✔general name of entire superficial layer of
the skin
sebaceous gland - ANSWER ✔✔gland that secretes an oily
substance
keratin - ANSWER ✔✔hard protein of nails and hair
stratum basale - ANSWER ✔✔cell division and deepest layer of
epidermis
hair follicle - ANSWER ✔✔tubelike part that contains the root of the
hair
arrector pili muscle - ANSWER ✔✔causes hair to stand erect and
goose bumps to appear
nervous tissue - ANSWER ✔✔coordinates, regulates, and integrates
body functions
cardiac muscle - ANSWER ✔✔contains intercalated discs
smooth muscle - ANSWER ✔✔muscle that lacks striations
cardiac muscle - ANSWER ✔✔striated and involuntary
skeletal muscle - ANSWER ✔✔striated and voluntary