Integumentary System
The Integumentary System includes your skin & its appendages: sweat glands, oil glands, hair & nails.
When you're young skin is thick, well hydrated and resilient. As you age, your skin loses elasticity and gets thinner.
Skin Functions
Protects deeper tissue from....
More functions of the Skin....
When you're young skin is thick, well hydrated and resilient. As you age, your skin loses elasticity and gets thinner.
Skin Functions
Protects deeper tissue from....
- mechanical damage (bumps)
- chemical damage (pH imbalance)
- bacterial damage (your skin is your body's first one of defense)
- ultraviolet radiation (sunlight)
- thermal damage (hot/cold)
- loss of moisture (keratin protects skin from water loss)
More functions of the Skin....
- prevents loss of body heat
- aids in excretion of urea & uric acid
- synthesizes vitamin D
- sensory receptors detect: touch, temperature, pressure & pain
Crash Course: Anatomy & Physiology.... The Integumentary System
Part 1 & Part 2
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