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Provides structure for hair that is present outside of the skin; provides warmth and insulation
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 Hair Shaft |
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Secrete a tranparent liquid (sweat) containing water and salts from the body in order to regulate body temperature
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 Sweat pore |
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Provides oxygen and nutrition to the epidermis
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 Dermal Papillae |
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Detect Gripping and tactile sensitivity
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 Meissner’s corpuscle |
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Function as cutaneous receptors, are essentially used by vertebrates to detect pain.
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 Free nerve ending |
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Strengthens the skin, providing structure and elasticity
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 Reticular layer of the dermis |
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Secrete oil that helps keep the skin smooth and supple
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 Sebaceous gland |
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Generates heat when the body is cold by contracting all at once, causing the hair to "stand up straight" on the skin
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 Arrector Pili Muscle |
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Sense and transmit heat, pain, and other noxious sensations
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 Sensory Nerve Fiber |
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Regulation of body temperature
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 Eccrine sweat gland |
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Detect gross pressure changes and vibrations
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 Pacinian corpuscle |
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Transports blood all around the body
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 Artery |
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Brings deoxygenated blood into the heart from the rest of the body
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 Vein |
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Energy and water storage, insulation, cushioning of vital organs
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 Adipose Tissue |
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Causes Apocrine gland secretion into the hair follicle; Binds the hair root to the dermis
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 Root Hair Plexus |
