Biology II - The Integumentary System: Physiology of the Hypodermis
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Hypodermis
subcutaneous layer
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what is in the hypodermis
adipose tissue, sensory nerve, motor nerve, blood vessels
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adipose tissue
adheres skin to underlying muscle (anchored loosely enough to allow skin to slide), insulates heat, absorbs shock
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sensory nerve
sends meeages from the Merkel cells, meissner’s corpuscles, free nerve endings, palcinian corpuscles to the brain
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motot nerve
send messages from the bain to the arrectos pili muscles, sebaceous glands, and sudoriferous glands
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blood vessels
delivers blood to and from the skin
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artery
drops off blood with oxygen and nutrients
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vein
takes away blood with carbon dioxide and wast
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