Integumentary system pt 2

may act as sexual scent glands

• apocrine sweat glands

• eccrine (merocrine) sweat glands

temperature control, some antibacterial properties

• apocrine sweat glands

• eccrine (merocrine) sweat glands

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

abundant on palms, soles, and forehead

• apocrine sweat glands

• eccrine sweat glands

• sebaceous glands

confined to axillary and anogenital areas

• apocrine sweat glands

• eccrine sweat glands

• sebaceous glands

widly distributed, not found on thick skin of palms and soles

• apocrine sweat glands

• eccrine sweat glands

• sebaceous glands

Functions of the skin (3)

• protection

• body temperature regulation

• blood production

• excretion of waste

The skin acts as a _ barrier (3)

• mental

• physical

• biological

• chemical

secretes chemicals that protect us, but also prevents chemicals from entering

• chemical barrier

• physical barrier

• biological barrier

structures of the skin block water and water-soluble substances from entering

• chemical barrier

• physical barrier

• biological barrier

phagocytic cells engulf foreign antigens and present to the white blood cell to activate the immune response

• chemical barrier

• physical barrier

• biological barrier