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Integumentary System

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Consists of: • SKIN • SWEAT GLANDS • OIL GLANDS • HAIR • NAILS

Back (Answer)

INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

#2
Front (Question)

Largest organ in the human body

Back (Answer)

SKIN

#3
Front (Question)

The FIVE FUNCTIONS of the integumentary system

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• PROTECTION 2. TEMPERATURE REGULATION 3. VITAMIN D PRODUCTION 4. SENSATION 5. EXCRETION

#4
Front (Question)

Four ways the integumentary system PROTECTS the body

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• PHYSICAL BARRIER to germs • Glands produce ACID • Layers protect against ABRASIONS • Hair and melanin protect against UV RADIATION

#5
Front (Question)

Two ways the integumentary system REGULATES TEMPERATURE

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• Blood vessels CONSTRICT or DILATE • SWEAT is produced

#6
Front (Question)

Causes hair to stand up (goosebumps)

Back (Answer)

ARRECTOR PILI (piloerector muscle)

#7
Front (Question)

How the body produces vitamin D

Back (Answer)

The PRECURSOR to vitamin D must be exposed to UV radiation (from the sun)

#8
Front (Question)

Consists of: • WATER • SODIUM CHLORIDE • UREA • AMMONIA • URIC ACID

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SWEAT

#9
Front (Question)

• AVASCULAR • Made up of STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

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EPIDERMIS

#10
Front (Question)

• Made up of DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE • Contains BLOOD VESSELS

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DERMIS

#11
Front (Question)

• Attaches skin to muscle and bone • Made of LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE, COLLAGEN, and ELASTIN • Half of body’s fat located here

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HYPODERMIS

#12
Front (Question)

Most SUPERFICIAL layer of skin

Back (Answer)

EPIDERMIS

#13
Front (Question)

DEEP to the EPIDERMIS but SUPERFICIAL to the HYPODERMIS

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DERMIS

#14
Front (Question)

DEEP to the DERMIS

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HYPODERMIS

#15
Front (Question)

Gives skin its FIRMNESS

Back (Answer)

COLLAGEN

#16
Front (Question)

Gives skin its ELASTICITY

Back (Answer)

ELASTIN

#17
Front (Question)

Cells that produce MELANIN (pigment)

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MELANOCYTES

#18
Front (Question)

Epidermal cells working for the IMMUNE SYSTEM

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LANGERHANS CELLS

#19
Front (Question)

• Most common type of cell in the epidermis • Produces KERATIN

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KERATINOCYTES

#20
Front (Question)

Name for cell division

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MITOSIS

#21
Front (Question)

Gives skin STRENGTH and PERMEABILITY

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KERATIN

#22
Front (Question)

Shed or slough off old dead cells

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DESQUAMATE

#23
Front (Question)

Process of keratinocytes changing shape and composition as they move towards the surface and die

Back (Answer)

KERATINAZATION

#24
Front (Question)

The bottom (basement) of the epidermis

Back (Answer)

STRATUM BASALE