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    Connect Between the Skin & Body In the case of Mark‚ we learn how the integumentary system interconnects with various other systems to keep our bodies functioning and healthy. The Integumentary system consists of the skin‚ hair‚ nails‚ and exocrine glands. This case represents the importance of the Integumentary system and how it has a strong effect on the nervous system. Mark is a 35 year old male weighing approximately 70 kg (or somewhere around 154 pounds) and was found shirtless. He was engulfed

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    A Disease of the Integumentary System September 28‚ 2011 Abstract There are many diseases that affect the Integumentary system‚ due in some part to the fact that it contains the largest organ in the human body‚ which is the skin. The some of these diseases can be seen as rashes‚ dark spots‚ or just patches of itchy areas. The disease that will be discussed in throughout this paper is called Alopecia Areata. One will cover areas such as a description of the disease‚ as well as the causes‚

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    Paper #1 Integumentary System Disorder Alopecia areata is a disease that affects the integumentary system.1 It is a disease that affects the hair follicles‚ which are part of the skin from which hairs grow. 1 In most cases‚ hair falls out in small‚ round patches about the size of a quarter.2 Many people with the disease get only a few bare patches. Some people may lose more hair.2 Rarely‚ the disease causes total loss of hair on the head or complete loss of hair on the

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    The Integumentary System Introduction I. Skin and Its Tissues A. Introduction 1. The skin is composed of several kinds of tissues. 2. Skin is a protective covering that prevents many harmful substances from entering the body. 3. Skin also retards water loss and helps regulate body temperature. 4. Skin houses sensory receptors and contains immune system cells. 5. Skin synthesises vitamin D and excretes a small amount of waste products. 6. The two distinct layers of skin are

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    The Integumentary System Christina Valle Semester Project MED- 105/ME1 ASA College The Integumentary System The integumentary system is the organ system that protects the body from damage‚ and consists of skin and its appendages: hair‚ nails‚ sebaceous glands and sweat glands. The skin is our body’s covering‚ and is the largest organ of the body. ------------------------------------------------- Functions of the skin 1. ------------------------------------------------- Covers and

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    Skeletal‚ Muscular‚ and Integumentary System The Muscular System Our muscular system provides the main source of force to put our bodies into motion. More than 40% of our body mass is composed of muscle. Types of Muscular Tissue There are three types of muscle tissue: 1. Skeletal Voluntary movement‚ attached to bones. 2. Smooth Involuntary movement‚ found in digestive tract‚ circulatory system‚ etc. 3. Cardiac Involuntary movement‚ found only in heart. Muscle Contraction Skeletal Muscle

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    Print Form REVIEW NAME_________________________________ SHEET EXERCISE 5.29.2012 LAB TIME/DATE _______________________ The Integumentary System Basic Structure of the Skin 1. Complete the following statements by writing the appropriate word or phrase on the correspondingly numbered blank: Epidermis The two basic tissues of which the skin is composed are dense irregular 1. _____________________________ connective tissue‚ which makes up the dermis‚ and 1 ‚ which forms the epiKeratin

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    INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM Skin and its derivatives and appendages form the integumentary system. In humans‚ skin derivatives include nails‚ hair‚ and several types of sweat and sebaceous glands. Skin‚ orintegument‚consists of two distinct regions‚ the superficial epidermis and a deep dermis. The superficialepidermis is nonvascular and lined by keratinized stratified squamous epithelium with distinct cell types and cell layers. Inferior to the epidermis is the vascular dermis‚ which is characterized by

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    Integumentary system It is an organ system that consists of skin‚ hair‚ nails and oil glands. These specific set of organs serve a wide range of functions which is mostly protective. Together these organs form the integumentary system. (marieb‚ elaine‚ hoehn‚ katja‚ 2010) Skeletal system The skeletal system is the framework of the entire body‚ which consists of bones and other connective tissues. Its main function is to protect and support the body tissues and internal organs. (marieb‚ elaine

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    The Integumentary System plays an important role in the function of the human body. This system has a major protective function in which it protects from the invasion of infectious organisms inside the body. Also‚ this system helps the body to prevent dehydration and it prevent the change of temperature abruptly. This system consist of the biggest organ in the body which is the skin.This organ helps protect from microbes and other elements. It acts as a physical barrier to the environment and it

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