Integumentary System
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| Body is standing erect, face forward, with the upper limbs at the sides and the palms forward | Anatomical position |
| Body is lying facedown | Prone position |
| Body is lying faceup | Supine position |
| Integument can also be thought of as a | Cutaneous membrane |
| Active form of vitamin D | Calcitriol |
| Produce keratin | Keratinocytes |
| Produce the pigment melanin | Melanocytes |
| Involved in the immune responses. | Intraepidermal macrophages |
| Function in the sensation of touch | Tactile epithelial cells |
| Lies just below the epidermis | Papillary region |
| Consists of dense irregular connective tissue | Reticular region |
| Subcutaneous layer | Hypodermis |
| Type I cutaneous mechanoreceptors, free nerve endings, corpuscles of touch and hair root plexuses | Superficially |
| Present on most surfaces except the palms, anterior surfaces of fingers, and the soles of the feet. | Hair |
| Below the level of the skin | Follicle |
| Connected to hair follicles. | Sebaceous (oil) glands |
| Most numerous | Eccrine sweat glands |
| Located mainly in hairy skin. | Apocrine sweat glands |
| Modified sweat glands located in the ear canal. | Ceruminous glands |
| Occurs following superficial wounds that affect only the epidermis. | Epidermal wound healing |
| Occurs when an injury extends to the dermis and subcutaneous layer. | - Deep wound healing |
| Develops from the ectoderm | Epidermis |