General Knowledge
Function of the Integumentary System
What is a physical barrier protecting the body from bacteria, infection, injury, and UV radiation? What is regulates body temperature and allows to feel skin sensations?
Acts as a barrier to disease-causing germs
What is Immune system?
The 3 layers of the skin
What is Epidermis, Dermis, and Hypodermis (Subcutaneous Tissue)?
Definition of burn
What is tissue damage and cell death caused by heat, electricity, UV radiation, or chemicals?
Ezcema
What is a skin condition that causes dry and itchy patches of skin?
Largest organ of the body
What is skin?
The skin excretes waste products to help the kidney maintain the body's electrolytes and pH balance
What is Urinary system?
The uppermost skin layer
What is Epidermis?
First degree burns
What is Epidermis is damaged and skin is red and swollen?
Melanoma
What is the most invasive skin cancer with the highest risk of death?
Other parts of this system aside from the skin
What is hair, glands and nails?
The skin's blood vessel constricts or dilates to conserve or release heat
What is cardiovascular system?
The middle skin layer
What is Dermis?
Second degree burns
What is Epidermis and upper Dermis is damaged and skin is red with blisters?
Psoriasis
What is an autoimmune skin condition that causes itchiness and discomfort ?
Substances excreted through the integumentary system
What is sweat, sebum, and other waste from the body?
The tiny hairs lining the nasal passageway remove harmful particles from the lungs before they inhale them
What is Respiratory system?
The deepest skin layer
What is Hypodermis or subcutaneous tissue?
Third degree burns
What is destroys entire skin layer and the burned area is painless? What is burn is grey-white or black?
Cellulitis
What is a bacterial infection of your skin and the tissue beneath your skin?
The rate that the skin renews itself
What is approximately every 28 days?
Transmits information from sensations like pain, heat, and cold through nerve receptors to the brain
What is nervous system?
Fatty layer of the skin and its function
What is hypodermis? What is helps to insulate the body?
Rule of Nines
What is ways to determine the extent of burns, The body is divided into 11 areas for quick estimation, each area is 9% with the genitalia being 1%?
Contact Dermatitis
What is a rash on your skin that develops when you come into contact with something you’re allergic to or something that irritated your skin?