Integumentary (skin) System
Using the slides above, WRITE AND ANSWER the following questions on your own paper:
1) List and describe the 4 main jobs of the integumentary system.
2) What are the 3 parts of the integumentary system?
3) What is the difference between the epidermis and the dermis?
4) What can be found in the dermis?
5) What are the three jobs of hair?
6) What do nails do?
7) How does the sense of touch depend on receptors?
8) List four kinds of receptors.
9) What is skin cancer? What causes it?
10) What are the ABCD's of skin cancer?
11) What causes acne?
12) What causes whiteheads? What causes blackheads?
13) What is melanin?
14) If you have more melanin, what happens?
15) What is an advantage to light skin? What is an advantage to dark skin?
16) What is the largest organ of the body?
1) List and describe the 4 main jobs of the integumentary system.
2) What are the 3 parts of the integumentary system?
3) What is the difference between the epidermis and the dermis?
4) What can be found in the dermis?
5) What are the three jobs of hair?
6) What do nails do?
7) How does the sense of touch depend on receptors?
8) List four kinds of receptors.
9) What is skin cancer? What causes it?
10) What are the ABCD's of skin cancer?
11) What causes acne?
12) What causes whiteheads? What causes blackheads?
13) What is melanin?
14) If you have more melanin, what happens?
15) What is an advantage to light skin? What is an advantage to dark skin?
16) What is the largest organ of the body?
Color your skin diagram: