Melanin Function: How We Get Our Skin Color Click HERE to access the video needed in order to complete this HHMI Biointeractive. First Stop Point: What Is Skin? Learn about the functions of the different skin layers and how vitamin D is synthesized. 1. Describe the primary function(s) for each of the skin layers named below. a. Epidermis b. Dermis c. Hypodermis 2. Why is vitamin D important to our health? 3. You are a pediatrician and have determined that a young patient is at risk for rickets. Outline a treatment you would recommend to the child's parents and why you recommend that course of action.

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Q: Describe the makeup and function of the accessorystructures of human skin.

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Q: Can you explain in detail the derivatives of dermis in mammals?

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Q: The epidermis is nourished by diffusion from capillaries in the ___________.   A. hypodermis   B.…

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Q: Explain your skin’s response to a drop in body coretemperature.

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Q: Keratinization involves skin cells moving to the surface that have _________________.   A. lost…

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Q: Which of the following is NOT a function of the integumentary system? -protection -waterproofing…

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Q: Describe the relationship between melanin and UV light exposure in the human population

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Q: In bullous pemphigoid, the blisters result from a separation between the a). reticular and papillary…

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Q: Epidermis of the skin. Draw the LPO and HPO view of the epidermis and identify its different layers.

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