Integumentary System

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Across
  1. 1. touch receptor cells associated with sensory nerve endings
  2. 3. large, specialized cell that engulfs and destroys target cells
  3. 4. yellowish orange pigment that contributes to skin color
  4. 5. outermost layer of the epidermis
  5. 8. clear layer that is present in thicker skin of hands and feet
  6. 10. pale, fine body hair in children and some places on adults
  7. 11. receptor in skin that senses heat or cold
  8. 12. degree of burn that involves destroying the entire thickness of the skin
  9. 16. hair thinning in both males and females
  10. 19. layer that accounts for about 80% of skins' thickness
  11. 20. sweat gland that opens directly onto skin surface
  12. 21. degree of burn that damages only the epidermis
  13. 23. strands of dead keratinized cells produced by follicles
  14. 24. Corpuscle in the skin that senses touch
  15. 27. elimination of nitrogenous waste from body sweat
Down
  1. 2. produce the protein keratin
  2. 5. the blood vessels do this when you are cold to direct heat to your vital organs
  3. 6. most dangerous kind of skin cancer
  4. 7. generate connective tissue when skin is injured
  5. 9. the blood vessels do this when you overheat in order to cool your body down
  6. 13. gland that secretes earwax
  7. 14. layer that helps bind epidermis and dermis together; forms fingerprints
  8. 15. Corpuscle in the skin that senses pressure
  9. 17. sweat gland that opens into a hair follicle
  10. 18. coarse, longer hair of the eyebrows, scalp
  11. 22. macrophage cells that help activate the immune system
  12. 25. degree of burn that injures the epidermis and upper dermis
  13. 26. layer where lamellar granules form a water repellant membrane