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What are the functions of the Integument?
•Prevention of water loss/gain
•Secretion
•Waste products secreted onto skin surface during sweating, secreting urea, salts, water
•Absorption
•Skin absorbs certain chemicals and drugs
•Immune function
•Epidermal dendritic cells in stratum spinosum , attack cancer cells
•Temperature regulation
•Influenced by capillaries and sweat glands in dermis
•Dermal blood vessels play important role in body temperature/blood pressure
•Metabolic regulation- Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)