Integumentary System Vocabulary!

Evaporation definition:

• When water falls down.

• When a liquid becomes gas.

• When a liquid hardens

Integument is...

• largest organ in the body.

• smallest organ in the body.

• least important organ in the body.

Keratin is...

• a vitamin growing out of your skull

• a mineral found in the hair skin and nails

• a protein found in the skin, hair and nails.

A pigment that protects your skin and gives it color; found in the epidermis of your skin.

• Sebaceous Gland

• Melanin

• Follicle

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

Exocrine glands located in the skin that secrete sebum.

• Stratum Corneum

• Dermis

• Sebaceous Gland

Outermost layer of the epidermis.

• Stratum Germinativum

• Stratum Corneum

• Subcutaneous Layer

Stratum Germinativum is...

• the innermost layer of the epidermis where cell division takes place.

• Sweat Glands

• the tissue beneath the dermis that contains fat cells.

• stratum corneum

• subcutaneous layer

• hypothermia

Sweat Glands.

• Sudoriferous Glands

• Apocrine Glands

• Ceruminous Glands