Integumentary

System
By: Toran Moriyama-Gurish, Mikayla DeBarros,
Cole Weber, and Kyle Jones

What does it do?

- acts as a barrier to protect the body
- retain body fluids
- protect against diseases
- eliminate waste products (like salt/water in the form of sweat)
- senses changes in environment
- regulates temperature
- protects from UV radiation

How does it work?

Keratinocytes are in the epidermis, and protect the skin from
disease and are damage resistant when they die.Melanin also
protects from ultraviolet rays from the sun.
By bringing blood closer to the surface and sweating, it cools
the body down.
It also open or closes pores if it is hot or cold.
There are many sensory receptors in the skin that allow the
body to feel temperature, pressure, and pain.

Types of Cells/Tissues/Proteins
- includes: skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands
- scar tissue
- keratin-protection
- melanin-color, UV protection
- sweat and oil glands
- subcutaneous tissue (1st layer that lies under the skin)

Organization
- Layers: Dermis, Hypodermis (Subcutaneous), &
Epidermis
~20ft^2
~6 lbs.
other elements in the skin include: fat, sweat glands,

muscles, sebaceous glands, hair follicles, sweat pores,

nerves, and hairs

Diagram of Skin
y

Function
- cells in skin utilize sunlight to create vitamin D, necessary for
normal bone growth
- key function is protection
- contains several types of sensory receptors
- serves as the gateway through which sensations such as
pressure, heat, cold, and pain are transmitted to the nervous
system

Our Model

Functions
plastic box - protection
soil - dermis/epidermis retains body fluids
saran wrap - semipermeable
chicken wire - protection/hair follicles
grass - hair
lamp - heat
fan - cooling system causing evaporation
grass seeds - hair follicle

Day 1-3
- observations: no apparent change
- watered until soil is damp

Day 4
- one blade of grass
- realized old seeds
were not growing
grass

Day 5
- new model with fresh
seeds

Day 6
-

two blades of grass

Final Result

Thank You For

Listening!!

Sources
http://sciencenetlinks.com/student-teacher-sheets/integumentary-system/
http://www.innerbody.com/anatomyb/integumentary
http://www.faqs.org/health/Body-by-Design-V1/The-Integumentary-System-Workings-h
ow-the-integumentary-system-functions.html
http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/problems/medical/5-inherited-skin-problems
.htm
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/dermatology/c
ommon-skin-infections/
http://www.livescience.com/27115-skin-facts-diseases-conditions.html