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