Integumentary System Catie Rose and Maria

What Does The System Do? Skin covers the body. Skin prevents loss of water. Skin protects the body from injuries and infections. Skin regulates body temperature. Skin eliminates waste. Skin gathers information about the environment. Skin produces vitamin D. Skin keeps all of the organs in your body Source- health.org

“Skin Words” Integumentary System: The system of the body consisting of skin, hair nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands. Skin: The membranous tissue forming the covering of an animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and dermis. Epidermis: The outer most layer of the skin. Dermis: The second layer of the skin- not visible and contains nerve endings, blood vestals, oil glands, and sweat glands. Sweat Glands- The fluid in your body that has oils, fats, acids, and has a slight odor. (perspiration) Source:

More “Skin Words” Hair- Any of the keratinized, pigmented filaments growing from the epidermis from a mammal. Fingernails- The transparent plate over the end of your fingers. Toenails- The transparent plate over the end of your toes. Hair Follicle- A small cavity on the epidermis from which a hair develops. Nerve Ending- Vanes in your dermis that help you feel things. Source- and www. Kids health.orgwww.Dictionary.com

Diseases Chicken Pox Have you ever woke up one morning, looked in the mirror and saw that your face was covered in rashes, spots, or little things that look like zits? Well, either your brother covered you in your mom’s lipstick last night, or you’ve got the CHICKEN POX!!! So what is chicken pox? No it’s not when you turn into a chicken! Chicken pox is actually a disease when you get little red spots all over your body that itch very badly. It is caused by a virus called varicella zoster, which causes you to get the red rash on your skin. It’s also very contagious and you can get it when a person sneezes on you and it last up to 2-5 days. It effects the intergumentary system because the rashes on your skin are itchy and if you scratch them, they can leave scars on your skin. To avoid these nightmare scratches, you may want to get shots for them before they come. Source- health.org

Interesting facts Did you know that your hair is made up of hundreds of dead cells? There is about 20,000 pores on your face. If you stretched out an adults skin it would be the size of a queen mattress. Source- health.org

What Are they? Have you ever wondered what the hair, fingernails, and actually toenails are? Well, your about to find out! Let’s start with the hair. Hair is keratinized pigment that grows from your epidermis ( epidermis is the outer layer of your skin) Keratin is the protein that your hair is made of. Hair actually comes from your parents. That’s the big reason why you have hair! Source- health.org

What are fingernails? Next is the fingernails. These are also made out of long fibers that are made of keratin. The nails also protect the fingertips (which are the transparent plate over your nails) and help you pick up items. Source-

What are the toenails? The toenails are the same as your fingernails only their on your toes and they protect the tips of your toes. Not much of a difference there!!!! Source- health.org

What is it connected to? The intergumentary system is actually connected to all of the systems because it holds every other system together. Without this system, you would be a huge blob of organs. YUCK!!!!!

More Interesting Facts Did you know that the skin is the largest organ in the body? Did you know that before you where born, you already had fingernails and toenails? Did you know that animals with fur or feathers can also get dandruff? Did you know that when you sleep at night, over a million dust mites are eating dead cells that are on you? Source-

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