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The jobs skin performs, and how it cools the body and makes vitamin D.
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After soaking in a long bath, a student's tissues do not flood with bath fluid or leak body fluid out. What skin function is demonstrated?
A student steps on a tack and jerks the foot away before looking down. What skin function provided the warning?
A paper cut gives bacteria an easier route into tissue. What function does intact skin normally perform at that site?
Sunlight on bare forearms starts a pathway that the liver and kidneys later finish. What skin function is at work?
With eyes closed, a student can tell rough sandpaper from smooth glass by touch. What skin function allows this?
After basketball practice, white residue remains on a player's shirt where perspiration dried. What skin function does this show?
On a hot day, perspiration spreads over the forearm and evaporates. What does that change accomplish?
During hard sprints, dermal arterioles widen and a runner's face reddens. What does that accomplish?
In freezing wind, dermal arterioles narrow. What does that response accomplish?
Cold air triggers arrector pili muscles so hairs stand upright. In a furry mammal, what would this accomplish?
A dehydrated hiker produces much less perspiration even while overheated. What consequence follows?
When body heat rises, hair muscles relax so hairs lie flatter. In fur-covered skin, what does this accomplish?
UVB strikes the epidermis and changes a cholesterol-like molecule. What product begins the vitamin D pathway in skin?
After skin makes vitamin D3, the liver and kidneys convert it to calcitriol. What does calcitriol increase?
A person gets little UVB exposure for months, so less active vitamin D is available. What body process can suffer?
Skin starts the vitamin D pathway, but two organs chemically finish activation. Which pair completes the pathway?
After a deep burn over an arm, plasma leaks from the surface and germs enter more easily. What skin function has failed?
A patient with nerve damage in the toes walks all day with a blister forming and never notices. Which function is lost?
A large third-degree burn destroys many sweat glands across the chest. What consequence is likely during exercise?
A disorder severely reduces melanin production in the epidermis. What protection is weakened?
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Skin Conditions and Skin Cancer
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