Integumentary System - Page 4
Questions
- What is the dolphin's outer skin covering called?
- Does an otolaryngologist specialize in eye diseases?
- How and why do blisters form on the feet?
- Is the skin involved in the synthesis of vitamin B?
- What is the name of the skin system?
- Are hair and nails derived from cells of the skin, bone, blood, or fat tissue?
- While walking barefoot in the woods, Joe stepped on a thorn that penetrated through the sole of his foot to the dermis. How many layers of epidermis did the thorn penetrate? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E 5?
- How do burns affect the nervous system?
- What type of tissue forms the dermis?
- Does the dermis contain more water than the epidermis?
- What human body systems do you use to swim?
- If the integumentary system provides protection against the harmful rays of the sun, why should we also need to use sunscreen?
- What would happen if we didn't have an epidermis?
- Are epidermal cells supplied with nutrients from blood vessels located in the epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous layer, or all of these?
- What is the principal cell type associated with the dermis (not the epidermis) in the skin?
- How does the integumentary system prevent infection?
- What does integumentary system do for body?
- Exposure to ultraviolet light causes melanocytes to produce more melanin yielding a suntan. Why would sun exposure prompt this increased melanin production? In other words, what is the function of a suntan?
- How is the epidermis formed?
- What are the fibers of the dermis produced by?