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THE SKIN OR INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM. Remember the outer portion of the skin is an example of what type of tissue?. Epithelia Tissue. FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN. PROTECTION THERMOREGULATION CUTANEOUS SENSATION PRODUCTION OF VITAMIN D BLOOD RESERVOIR EXCRETION. LAYERS OF THE SKIN. EPIDERMIS
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Remember the outer portion of the skin is an example of what type of tissue?
FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN PROTECTION THERMOREGULATION CUTANEOUS SENSATION PRODUCTION OF VITAMIN D BLOOD RESERVOIR EXCRETION
LAYERS OF THE SKIN EPIDERMIS DERMIS HYPODERMIS
EPIDERMIS THICK KERATINIZED STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM 4-5 SUBLAYERS
LAYERS OF THE EPIDERMIS STRATUM BASALE STRATUM SPINOSUM STRATUM GRANULOSUM STRATUM LUCIDUM STRATUM CORNEUM
STRATUM BASALE THE DEEPEST EPIDERMAL LAYER A SINGLE ROW OF LIVINGCELLS RAPID CELL DIVISION 10-25% OF THESE CELLS ARE MELANOCYTES
STRATUM SPINOSUM SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIVING CELLS CELL DIVISION IS SLOWER THAN BASALE
STRATUM GRANULOSUM THIN, LIVING LAYER OF CELLS KERATINOCYTES WATERPROOF IN THIS LAYER
STRATUM LUCIDUM DEAD CELLS LOCATED ONLY IN THICK SKIN (PALMS OF HANDS & SOLES OF FEET)
STRATUM CORNEUM DEAD CELLS SERVES TO PROTECT
THE DERMIS HAIR FOLLICLES, OIL & SWEAT GLANDS ARE FOUND HERE
EPIDERMIS DERMIS
HAIR & ITS FUNCTIONS WARMTH; IT PREVENTS HEAT LOSS DETECT INSECTS ON THE SKIN PROTECTION FILTER PARTICLES
FACTS ABOUT HAIR ABOUT 100,000 IN THE SCALP ABOUT 30, 000 IN A MAN’S BEARD RATE OF HAIR GROWTH AVERAGES 2 mm/WEEK HAIR LOSS AVERAGES 90 HAIRS/DAY
HAIR LOSS ALOPECIA: HAIR THINNING AND BALDNESS CAUSES OF HAIR LOSS HIGH FEVER SURGERY SEVERE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA CERTAIN DRUGS EXCESSIVE VITAMIN A CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS RADIATION GENETICS
MOST IMPORTANT POOR NUTRITION (ESPECIALLY LACK OF ENOUGH PROTEIN) HORMONAL IMBALANCES