Hormonal Control: Sweating, Vasodilation, and Vasoconstriction
The sympathetic nervous system can cause perspiration (sweating), widen blood vessels (vasodilation), and constrict blood…
Skin System
Functions in Homeostasis and Osmoregulation
The skin helps with the homeostasis and osmoregulation of the human body. Homeostasis refers to…
Functions in Thermoregulation
One function of the integumentary system is thermoregulation, the process that allows the body to…
Physical Protection
The skin provides an overlaying protective barrier from the environment and pathogens while contributing to…
Structure
The skin (the soft outer covering of vertebrates that guards the underlying muscles, bones, ligaments,…