Integumentary system
Across
- 5. Capillaries are located here
- 6. skin is less of this as a person ages
- 9. one of skin’s primary uses for the body
- 10. the largest system
- 14. scabies is caused by this
- 16. very few nerve endings are found here
- 18. glands that release sweat to cool the body
- 19. skin is made up of layers of these
- 23. pox if you have had this you are at risk for shingles
- 24. glands that secrete sebum (oil) to lubricate skin and hair
- 25. sweat comes to the body’s surface through these tiny openings called
Down
- 1. Blood vessels are also called this
- 2. blood vessels do this when temperature is too high
- 3. blood vessels do this when temperature is too cold
- 4. this is controlled by skin
- 7. shingles isn’t this, so you can’t give it to someone else
- 8. it is also common for nails to become harder or
- 11. outer layer of skin
- 12. hair grows from roots located here
- 13. in normal aging hair thins and may turn this color
- 15. dermatitis refers to swelling and this of the skin
- 17. a rash caused by varicella-zoster virus
- 20. consists of
- 21. a closed or open injury to the skin
- 22. the skin is this type of organ (feels heat,cold,pain,touch,pressure)