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Integumentary System

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Hair-Composition   Keratin, Melanin  
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Hair- Function   protection from injury, sun, heat loss, or foreign particles  
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Hair- nerve ending   Sensitive to touch  
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Hair- oil   Sebaceaous gland  
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Hair - muscle   Arrector pili  
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Sebaceaous Gland   Secrete Sebum (oil)  
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Sebeceaous Gland - location   Every where but palms and soles  
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Sebaceaous Gland - function   prevent skin from drying out, inhibits bacterial growth and keeps skin flexible  
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Acne   over-production of sebum with bacterial growth (pimple)  
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Sudoriferous glands   Secrete sweat, directly onto skin  
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Sudoriferous glands- function   Regulate body temp (evaporation), eliminate waste (urea)  
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Eccrine gland (sudoriferous gland)   Most common type, forehead, palms and soles with watery secretion  
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Apocine gland (sudoriferous)- location   "smelly areas", axilla, inguinal, breast regions  
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Apcine gland (secretetion)   Phermones attracts- oposite sex  
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Ceruminous glands   Secrete ear wax (modified sudoriferous gland)  
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Ceruminous gland function   traps foriegn particles and bugs to prevent damage to ear  
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Mammary glands secrete   Milk  
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Mammary gland is modified   Sudoriferous gland  
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Nipple   pigmented projection where all milk ducts empty  
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Areola   circular pigmented area around nipple, rough due to oil glands  
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Mammary gland function   Lactation (synthesis, seccretion and ejection of milk  
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Nails are composed of:   hard keratin plates  
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Nail- function   Grasp/manipulate objects, protection end of finger or toe  
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Nails grow:   1 mm per week  
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