Answer True or False to the following statements. _____The Integumentary system

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Question

Answer True or False to the following statements.

_____The Integumentary system consists of skin and all its accessory components (hair, nails, sweat and sebaceous glands).

_____Intact skin is the best protection from most infections.

_____Skin is the largest organ of the body.

_____The epidermis layer of the skin is vascular and contains nerve cells.

_____Cells of the epidermis level are constantly shedding replaced with new cells from the stratum basale.

_____Melanocytes are specialized cells located deep in the epidermis and are responsible for skin color.

_____Albinism is a condition in which individual has too much pigment in their skin, hair and eyes.

_____Eccrine are the sweat glands which secrete at the hair follicles in the groin, anal region, and the armpits.

_____Eccrine glands are activated by heat, pain, fever, and nervousness.

_____ Sebaceous glands are found in areas such as eyelids, penis, labia minora, and nipples.

_____Fibroblasts are the cells that can develop into connective tissue.

_____Keloid scaring is the result of under production of connective tissue at the effected area.

_____Second degree burns damage the entire depth of the epidermis and a portion of the dermis.

Answers:

The Integumentary system consists of skin and all its accessory components (hair, nails, sweat and sebaceous glands). - TRUE

Intact skin is the best protection from most infections.- TRUE

Skin is the largest organ of the body.- TRUE

The epidermis layer of the skin is vascular and contains nerve cells.- FALSE

Cells of the epidermis level are constantly shedding replaced with new cells from the stratum basale.- TRUE

Melanocytes are specialized cells located deep in the epidermis and are responsible for skin color. - TRUE

Albinism is a condition in which individual has too much pigment in their skin, hair and eyes. - FALSE

Eccrine are the sweat glands which secrete at the hair follicles in the groin, anal region, and the armpits. - FALSE

Eccrine glands are activated by heat, pain, fever, and nervousness. - TRUE

Sebaceous glands are found in areas such as eyelids, penis, labia minora, and nipples. - TRUE

Fibroblasts are the cells that can develop into connective tissue.- TRUE

Keloid scaring is the result of under production of connective tissue at the effected area. - FALSE

Second degree burns damage the entire depth of the epidermis and a portion of the dermis.- TRUE

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