You Can't Touch This!
Oil and sweat travel to the surface of your skin through these.
What are pores?
The clear, curved covering at the front of your eye.
What is your cornea?
Special parts of your body that allow you to gather information about the world around you.
What are sense organs?
What is a hair follicle?
A type of fat tissue in your body that stores energy, protects your organs, and keeps you warm.
What is adipose tissue?
A clear part inside your eye which changes shape to focus light.
What is the lens?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What do taste buds do and where can they be found?
Taste buds allow you to detect different flavors, such as sweet, sour, etc.
They can be found in the PAPILLAE on your tongue (those little bumps).
A strong protective protein that makes up your hair, nails, and the outer layer of your skin.
What is Keratin?
The layer of skin that is made up mostly of fat and helps to cushion the body and keep it warm.
What is the hypodermis?
The black circle (hole) at the center of your iris that allows light to enter your eye.
What is the pupil?
Name your five senses!
Touch, Taste, Smell, Hearing, Sight
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Name at least two functions of the integumentary system! (But you should know them all!)
1. Protection - protects you from UV light, bacteria, etc.
2. Absorption - allows you to absorb some medications and other substances through your skin.
3. Regulation - helps you to regulate your body temperature.
4. Secretion - secretes oil to lubricate the skin and sweat to cool the body.
5. Sensation - helps you to gather information about your surroundings. (Is it hot? cold? sharp? etc.)
The layer of skin that you can see and touch. It protects your body.
What is the epidermis?
The light-sensitive area at the back of your eye which changes light into signals for your brain.
What is the retina?
The body system that allows you to detect smells.
What is the olfactory system?
What is the integumentary system?
The layer of skin that contains the nerves, blood vessels, sweat glands, and hair follicles.
What is the dermis?
The nerve that carries information from your eye to your brain, allowing you to see.
What is the optic nerve?
The thin, cone-shaped membrane separating the outer ear canal from the middle ear. It vibrates in response to sound waves, converting them into mechanical vibrations.
What is the ear drum?
Name at least two jobs hairs can do.
1) Warmth
2) Protection from debris (like keeping sand out of your eyes, etc.)