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Integumentary System (skin)
The Integumentary System includes the skin, hair and nails and is the human body's largest organ system.
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What is the superficial region of the dermis?
The papillary dermis is the most superficial layer of the dermis. Deep to it is the reticular dermis.
Where are sebaceous glands not found on the skin surface?
Sebaceous glands are your oil glands and are found in the dermal layer of the skin. They are located everywhere on the human body, excluding hands and palms. Sebaceous glands are more common around the face and the head.
Sebaceous Glands can be found in all parts of the skin in the human body except soles and palms. These glands are generally located in the hairy parts of the body. These are connected to the hair follicles over the skin.
The gland can also be found in non-hairy regions of the skin, such as the eyes, nipples, Labia Minora, penis and nose.
Approximately 3 thousand Sebaceous Glands can be found per square inch of the skin. These glands are primarily found on areas like the face, scalp, chest and back. These mature and start active production of sebum when there is an onset of puberty in the person.
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Vascular region layer of the skin?
Vascular in this sense refers to blood supply. Your epidermis is avascular, which means it has no blood supply of it's own. Because arteries and veins run throughout your dermis, the dermis as a whole is considered a vascular region.
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What is subcutaneous fat called?
Subcutanous fat is the collections of adipose fat cells under the skin, opposed to visceral fat, which are around the body's vital organs. More info could be found on the related links.
What are scalelike dead cells full of keratin that constantly slough off?
stratum corneum
Stratum corneum
stratum corneum
The trochanter is a bone feature of the tibia, it interacts with the femur. Its function is to aid in the stability of the knee joint.
First there are two trochanters. most simply called the Greater(the larger of the two) Trochanter and the Lesser(smaller of the two) Trochanter. Most of the time the "bump" you feel on the outside of your hip/upper leg is the Greater Trochanter. As with most "bumps' on bones ,the trochanters serves as anchor attachments for the muscles in hip/leg/buttock area. Among those muscles that insert to the Greater trochanter are the the Gluteus Minimus. Gluteus Medius, and Prirformis among others. Hope this helps
What is the difference between sudoriferous and sebaceous glands?
Sebaceous glandscontain groups of specialized epithelial cells and are usually associated with hair follicles and secrete an oily mixture of fatty material and cellular debris called sebum which keeps hair and skin soft, pliable, and waterproof, while
sweat glands are widespread exocrine glands in the dermis or subcutaneous line with sweat secreting epithelial cells
Edema is swelling due to a collection of fat and/or fluid under the skin.
Which layer of skin does hair grow on?
Fully developed hair follicles lie in the dermis but develop as indurations from the epidermis.
The skin protects the skin from pathogens, which are known as bacteria, viruses and such. It also keeps your whole body in place, working together with the muscles and bones. But the skin is prone to damage from the sun.
Keratin in the skin protects underlying tissues from microbes, abrasion, heat and chemicals. Lipids released by lamellar granules inhibit evaporation of water from the skin surface, thus protecting the body from dehydration. oily sebum prevents hairs from drying out and contains bactericidal chemicals that kill surface bacteria. The acidic pH of perspiration retards the growth of some microbes. Melanin provides some protection against the damage effects of UV light.
Skin is the major organ in our body.it helps the body in many ways.
- PROTECTION;it protects the body from external environment such as chemicals,physical agents such as harmful sun i.e is ultraviolet rays and biological agents such as microbes.
- IT protects the internal organs and also forms water proof layer by depositing melanin on upper layers of cells.
- upper surface of skin contains specialised phagocytic cells such as langerhans which attack foreign substances and present them to lymph system.
- it also contains hairs.
- it also kills various microbes present on skin with their special secreations and kills them by which it produces special characteristic odor for each type of person
- it protects from harmful rays coming from skin by producing a special pigment called melanin.
- it also helps in secretion of some waste materials in form of sweat.
- it protects our body by maintaining HOMEOSTASIS that is by regulating body temperature.it controls temperature by excreting sweat during increased temperature conditions and also by contraction and dilation of blood vessels producing a cooling effect.
What makes up the papillary layer of the dermis?
"more superficial layer of dermis; composed of areolar connective tissue; contais dermal papillae" "Human Anatomy" 2nd edition
Dense, irregular connective tissue
Can writing on your skin be harmful?
Writing on the skin is not the same as tatooing, which is writing underneath the skin. As long as the skin is not punctured, and unless you are using something very unusual such as sulfuric acid to write on your skin, then no, it isn't harmful. It may not look very good, but it does no harm, and will eventually wash off.
What is the correct order for the layers of epidermis from outermost to deep?
Stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum,stratum lucidum & stratum corneum
What injected under kats skin before the games why?
It is a tracker so if you get lost or die you will get picked up
Why is protection the most important skin function?
That is one of its functions.
It helps to maintain temperature, protects against pathogens and water loss, provides sensation, makes Vitamin D, and stops all the other bits of the body falling out.
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The epidermis and the dermis make up what membrane?
The skin, our largest organ is a cutaneous membrane and in addition to hair and nails make up the integumentary system. It is made up of various layers within 2 most distinctive layers, ther dermis and epidermis. The dermis holds all the blood vessels, glands, nerve endings and fibres (elastic/collagen). The epidermis derives it's nutrition from the dermis and is constantly shed through the process of keratinisation. Functions of the skin is protection, heat regulation, sensation, excretion, secretion, absorption and immunity. The epidermis reflects our true health as it's appearance is dependant on a healthy blood and nutrition supply from the dermis. Go figure, our first line of defense against the environment is something many of us neglect...
What is the biggest organ in the bodyliver or skin?
Skin is actually the largest organ. It covers your whole body, and no other organ is bigger than that.
