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Integumentary System Webquest: Go To The Following Website
Integumentary System Webquest: Go To The Following Website
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4. How does the integumentary system interact with the digestive system?
5. Why is it that patches placed on the skin can be used to deliver medications to the bloodstream?
6. What role does your skin play in the regulation of body temperature?
7. How important is your skin for the functioning of the nervous system?
8. What parts of the integumentary system are made up of dead epidermal cells?
11. What types of waste products are removed through the skin?
Second website:
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http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP12204
13. Where is the epidermis and dermis located in relationship to each other?
15. List the two types of sweat glands and explain the difference between the two.
17. What is the job of the erector pili muscle? How is this related to the phenomenon called “goosebumps”?
18. What are hair follicles? Where do hair cells get their color?
20. What types of sensations do sensory receptors detect? What is the function of the sensory receptors?
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Third website:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=23898;
24. Is it safe?
Keep on going….
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=23898
http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/beauty/sun-care/question639.htm
https://www.aad.org/dermatology-a-to-z/diseases-and-treatments/m---p/moles
32. What does my son need to look for if his moles change?
33. Am I born with all the moles I’ll ever get? If not, when will I probably stop getting them?
35. How can I get rid of them if I don’t like the way they look or feel against my clothes?
You’ll never think about tanning the same again! Sorry/Not Sorry:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/246076-how-do-tanning-beds-affect-eyes/
36. They say we don’t need to wear goggles because the beds are safe. Is this true? If not, what kind of eye
damage can you suffer from a tanning bed?
http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/tanning.html
37. Will tanning beds affect the way that a person ages?
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20060120/indoor-tanning-bad-docs-
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38. Are tanning beds really safer than the sun?
39. What are the types of UV radiation? Which is the most dangerous? Why?
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/effects-of-aging-on-skin
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41. How does skin change as we age?
http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/beauty/sun-care/question639.htm
42. What’s up with the tan accelerators? How do they work?
http://dermatology.about.com/cs/beauty/a/wrinklecause_2.htm
43. My twin sister (the indoor one) seems to have fewer wrinkles than I do. What does sun do to the
epidermis? What does sun do to the dermis?
http://cancer.about.com/od/skincancermelanoma/f/skincancersympt.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/skin-cancer/DS00190/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs
44. What are the three skin cancer types? How are the skin cancers different from each other?
45. What is the most common type of skin cancer and is it the most dangerous?
http://www.skincancer.org/scc-recurrence-and-prevention.html
47. What are the chances of skin cancer reoccurrence?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706113656.htm
48. Is there genetic link to skin cancer? If so, which chromosomes are involved?
http://www.seattlecca.org/diseases/risk-factors-skin-cancer.cfm
49. What are five of the risk factors for melanoma?
50. What are five risk factors for basal and squamous cell carcinoma?
Finally, (which I’m sure you are saying in your heads at this point…)
51. One thing you learned from this assignment, and as always, feedback please!
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