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Intergumentary System: Skin Hair Nails Exocrine

The document discusses the intergumentary system, which includes the skin, hair, and nails. The skin performs seven primary functions: protection, sensation, allowing movement, endocrine functions like vitamin D production, excretion, immunity, and regulating temperature. Common intergumentary diseases treated by dermatologists are acne, warts, eczema, and psoriasis, as well as more serious conditions like skin cancer, which can affect the entire skin and cause disease in the intergumentary system since skin protects the body's organs.

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Intergumentary System: Skin Hair Nails Exocrine

The document discusses the intergumentary system, which includes the skin, hair, and nails. The skin performs seven primary functions: protection, sensation, allowing movement, endocrine functions like vitamin D production, excretion, immunity, and regulating temperature. Common intergumentary diseases treated by dermatologists are acne, warts, eczema, and psoriasis, as well as more serious conditions like skin cancer, which can affect the entire skin and cause disease in the intergumentary system since skin protects the body's organs.

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Intergumentary System

 Skin
 Hair
 Nails
 Exocrine

 The skin performs six primary functions which include protection


obsorption, secretion, regulation, and sensation.

 The main layer of skin stratum, corneum, stratum lucidum,


stratum spinosum, and stratum germinatium

“The seven function of the skin”

 Protection. Microorganism, dehydration, ultraviolet light


mechanical damage.
 Sensation. Sense pain temperatures touch deep pressure.
 Allows movement. Allows movement muscles can flex and
body can move.
 Endocrine. Vitamin D product by your skin.
 Excretion……
 Immunity……
 Regulate Temperature……
“Intergumentary Disease”

They treat common conditions, such as acne and warts,


chronic, skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis and
more serious disease like skin cancer.

SKIN CANCER EFFECT

The skin cancer can affect our all body skin cause a
disease in our intergumentary system, skin is a big part of
our body and the skin protect our different organs.

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