🔒Your integumentary system acts as a protective barrier, shielding you from sunlight, infections, and injuries.
👀Your skin contains sensory receptors that allow you to sense touch and temperature.
💧Sweat glands regulate your body temperature through sweating.
💡Your skin color is determined by melanin, which protects you from UV radiation.
🧪Hair and nails are made of dead keratin cells and grow continuously.
What is the main function of the integumentary system?
—The integumentary system acts as a protective barrier and helps regulate body temperature.
How does your skin sense touch?
—Skin contains sensory receptors called cutaneous sensory receptors that register different sensations associated with touch.
What role do sweat glands play?
—Sweat glands regulate body temperature by producing sweat.
Why does your skin have different colors?
—Skin color is determined by the presence of melanin, a pigment that protects against UV radiation.
How do hair and nails grow?
—Hair and nails grow from the root in the hair follicle or nail bed, with new cells pushing older cells forward.
00:00Introduction to the importance of the integumentary system.
01:21The integumentary system acts as a protective barrier.
02:45The sensory receptors in your skin enable you to sense touch and temperature.
03:41Sweat glands regulate body temperature through sweating.
04:52Melanin determines skin color and protects against UV radiation.
06:04Hair and nails are made of dead keratin cells and grow continuously.
