Answers to Part II: Integumentary System

1.   Protects us from bacterial invasion and mechanical and chemical injury
     Reservoir of blood
     Vitamin D synthesis
     Excretion of wastes
     Cutaneous sensation
     Thermoregulation
2. Epidermis and dermis
3. Hypodermis
4. Stratified keratinized squamous
5. Keratinocytes/melanocytes/Langerhans cells/Merkel's cells
6.  a. Keratinocytes
     b. Keratinocytes
     c. Langerhans cell
     d. Melanocytes
     e. Keratinocytes
     f. Merkel's cells
     g. Melanocytes
7. Blister
8. Callus
9. Corneum/lucidum/granulosum/spinosum/basale.
10.  a. Papillary layer   j. S. lucidum
     b. S. basale            k. S. basale
     c. S. corneum        l. S. granulosum
     d. S. basale            m. S. granulosum
     e. S. spinosum       n. Papillary layer
     f. S. corneum        o. Papillary layer
     g. S. spinosum       p. Reticular layer
     h. Reticular layer
     i. S. lucidum
11. Nails/hair/sweat glands/sebaceous glands
12. Shading/protection/filtering.
13. Shaft/root
14. Cuticle/Cortex/Medulla
15.  a. Hair bulb
     b. Papillae
     c. Root
     d. Shaft
     e. Hair follicle
     f. Arrector pili
16. Nail
17. Sudoriferous glands
18. Lips/nipples/genitals
19. Eccrine/Apocrine
20. Water/salt/urea/ammonia/uric acid/lactic acid/Vitamin C/Etc.
21.  a. Eccrine                         h. Apocrine
     b. Eccrine                             i. Apocrine
     c. Apocrine and holocrine   j. Holocrine
     d. Holocrine                         k. Eccrine
     e. Apocrine                             l.  Holocrine
     f. Holocrine                         m. Holocrine
     g. Eccrine                             n. Holocrine
22. Melanin/Carotenes/Hemoglobin
23. Melanin
24. Melanocytes/keratinocytes
25. Depresses immune cells/Clumps elastic and collagen fibers/destroys keratinocytes in S. basale/etc.
26.  a. Melanin
     b. Hemoglobin
     c.  Carotene
     d. Carotene
     e. Carotene
27. A callus is caused by excessive, but gradual friction on the skin's surface.  Keratinocytes in the stratum basale are stimulated to divide more rapidly than usual and over a period of days thicken the stratum corneum resulting in a thicker skin region called a callus.
28. A blister is caused by excessive and rapid friction on the skin's surface that results in the separation of the epidermis from the dermis below.  As the two layers separate, fluids from the dermis leak into the weakened area creating the typical raised area.
29. A tan is caused by excessive exposure to the sun (or UV radiation from a variety of sources).  The UV radiation stimulates melanocytes to make more melanin which is transferred to keratinocytes as they move upward through the epidermal strata.  Keratinocytes with more melanin filter UV radiation better than those keratinocytes with less melanin.  Since melanin is a dark pigment, the skin becomes dark resulting in a tan.
30. Melanocytes manufacture melanin and move the substance into the tips of their cellular extensions.  Keratinocytes phagocytize the melanin-rich tips of these extensions.  Increased exposure to UV radiation stimulates melanin production which results in the darkening of the skin, or tan.
31. No.  Dark-skinned races have similar numbers of melanocytes, but each melanocyte produces more melanin than a melanocyte of light-skinned races.
32. A pimple occurs when the exit point, usually at the shaft of a hair, for sebum from a sebaceous gland is blocked by dirt and other debri.  The sebum cannot escape and accumulates beneath the skin causing the redness, swelling, and pain.
33. Body odor is caused by bacterial breakdown of the protein component of sweat as well as the unique combination of organic molecules released in sweat.  Each person has their own unique smell which in some societies is considered important in attracting a mate.

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