https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4 en-us 2020-10-15 16:59:05 UTC 2020-10-16 16:55:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f643.png 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833204912 The surface epithelium of the skin, overlying the dermis.]]> 2020-10-15 17:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833204912 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833219033 It protects the body from the environment.]]> 2020-10-15 17:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833219033 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833221477 It's the layer of skin that lies beneath the epidermis and above the subcutaneous layer.]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833221477 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833222372 It is the part which responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism.]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833222372 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833222792 An organ in the human or animal body which secretes particular chemical substances for use in the body or for discharge into the surroundings.]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833222792 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833223422 An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell.]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833223422 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833224019 It provides strength and flexibility to the skin.]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833224019 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833224563 It helps us learn about the environment around us, or about the state of our internal environment.]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833224563 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833225155 There are two types of gland: Endocrine glands are ductless glands and release the substances that they make (hormones) directly into the bloodstream.

Exocrine gland (e.g. sweat glands, lymph nodes) are not considered part of the endocrine system as they do not produce hormones and they release their product through a duct.]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833225155 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833225528 It acts as a barrier to protect the body from the outside world. ]]> 2020-10-15 17:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833225528 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833226325 The thickness of the epidermis varies in different types of skin.]]> 2020-10-15 17:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833226325 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833227058 Five layers: stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, and stratum corneum. ]]> 2020-10-15 17:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833227058 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833227575 It is the thickest layer of the skin, and is made up of fibrous and elastic tissue.]]> 2020-10-15 17:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833227575 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833228264 The dermis is comprised of two layers: the papillary dermis and the reticular dermis.]]> 2020-10-15 17:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833228264 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833228797 This accounts for our ability to see, hear, taste, and smell, and to sense touch, pain, temperature, and body position.]]> 2020-10-15 17:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833228797 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833231915 It provides the unconscious ability of the body to detect changes in blood volume, blood pressure, and the levels of salts, gases, and nutrients in the blood.]]> 2020-10-15 17:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833231915 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833234089 There are eight major glands, and their job is to regulate the body's metabolism, reproduction, growth and sleep.]]> 2020-10-15 17:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833234089 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833234604 Alcohol can impair the regulation of blood-sugar levels by interfering with certain hormones, reduce testosterone levels in men by damaging the testes and increase the risk of osteoporosis by messing with a calcium-regulating hormone called parathyroid hormone.]]> 2020-10-15 17:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833234604 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833236589 Consists of the skin, hair, nails, glands, and nerves.]]> 2020-10-15 17:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833236589 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833237070 Retains body fluids, protect against disease, eliminate waste products, and regulate body temperature.]]> 2020-10-15 17:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/833237070 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836244094 Any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals.]]> 2020-10-16 16:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836244094 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836244638 The purpose is to protection, regulation of body temperature, and facilitation of evaporation of perspiration; hairs also act as sense organs.]]> 2020-10-16 16:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836244638 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836245335 The average person has 100,000 – 150,000 strands of hair and on average, you shed around 50-150 strands of hair a day.]]> 2020-10-16 16:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836245335 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836245876 Hair is the second fastest growing tissue in the body after bone marrow and a healthy strand of hair can stretch an additional 30% when it's wet.]]> 2020-10-16 16:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836245876 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836262101 A covering on the upper surface of the tip of the finger and toe in humans and other primates.

]]> 2020-10-16 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836262101 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836264649 Helps to protect the tips of your fingers and toes.]]> 2020-10-16 16:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836264649 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836267679 They are made of keratin, like hair.]]> 2020-10-16 16:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836267679 2428842 https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836269434 The fingernails on your dominant hand grow faster.]]> 2020-10-16 16:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2428842/yz58ep7mvtv6xln4/wish/836269434