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What body system includes the epidermis dermis and cutaneous sense organs?
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The integumentary system includes the dermis, epidermis, and cutaneous sense organs.
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What system includes the epidermis dermis and cutaneous sense organs?
The integumentary system includes the dermis, epidermis, and cutaneous sense organs.
What organ system includes the epidermis dermis oil and sweat glands?
The integumentary system (skin) contains the epidermis, dermis, oil glands, and sweat glands.
Are sebaceous glands and hair and arrector pili and epidermis in the same grouping?
Sebaceous glands, errector pili, and hair are all accessory organs or appendages of the skin that are rooted in the dermis. The epidermis is a layer of the skin, and is on top of and separate from the dermis.
What are mechanorecepters?
Mechanoreceptors are part of the nervous system that detect changes in movement or pressure. They are a cutaneous receptor found in the dermis or epidermis. They involve special tiny organs. These include cutaneous mechanoreceptors (for light touch), Ruffini's end organ (sustained pressure), Meissner's corpuscle (changes in texture, slow vibrations), Pacinian corpuscle (deep pressure, fast vibrations) and Merkel's disc (sustained touch and pressure).
What is the hypodermis?
is the deepest layer of the skin. composed of adipose and areolar connective tissue. The hypodermis is also known as the subcutaneous layer. it provides insulation and stores fat.
What does the dermis contain to communicate with other organs?
The skin is the organ that contains the dermis.
What is the difference of Reticular layer and the papillary layer of the dermis?
Both layers comprise the dermis; the papillary layer is the upper layer and the reticular layer is the lower. The papillary layer is loose areolar connective tissue and the reticular layer is a dense irregular connective tissue.
What are the organs that respond to stimuli?
your skin. specifically the dermis
Three organs of excretion?
Epidermis, lungs, and kidneys.
How do some structures in the skin protect the body?
Elastin for flexibility. Collagen for structure.
How does epidermis help the body?
Your epidermis is your skin, which protects your vital organs, mussels, tissue, blood, and much more.
Which organ system protects underlying organs from drying out?
dermis (skin)
