HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Skin (cutaneous membrane)
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Sweat Glands
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Oil Glands
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Hair
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Nails
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Detailed explanation-1: -The skin appendages include sweat glands, nails, and the pilosebaceous unit of the skin, comprised of the hair shaft, hair follicle, sebaceous gland, and arrector pili muscle-these appendages derive from a down growth of the epidermis beginning in the third month of fetal life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction. Accessory structures of the skin include the hair, nails, sweat glands and sebaceous glands. These structures embryologically originate from the epidermis and are often termed “appendages”; they can extend down through the dermis into the hypodermis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The integumentary system includes the epidermis, dermis, hypodermis, associated glands, hair, and nails. In addition to its barrier function, this system performs many intricate functions such as body temperature regulation, cell fluid maintenance, synthesis of Vitamin D, and detection of stimuli.