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Integument
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Consist of skin and its accessory structures such as hair, nails, and sweat glands
2
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Skin
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Serves as protection against injury types, heat regulating organ, path of excretion, and sense organ
3
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Thin skin
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Contains hair follicles
4
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Thick skin
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Has outer layer called stratum corneum and is found on palms of hands and soles of feet
5
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Layers
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Epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis
6
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Sebaceous Glands
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-associated with hair follicles
-secrete oily substance called sebum lubricating shaft of hair
7
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Sweat Glands
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-open onto surface of skin via pores
-classified by secretions into eccrine sweat glands and apocrine sweat glands
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Eccrine Glands
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secrete thin solution of water, salt, and urea
9
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Apocrine Glands
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secrete milky solutions of fats and proteins
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