Kenneth Lara

Lab Report
Thestructureoftheskinisbasicallythefirstlayerofprotectionthatthebodyhasfromoutside
sources.Theskinisusedasabarriertokeepyourselffromgettingcontaminatedfromtheoutside
world.Italsoisusedtokeepyourbodyintherighttemperaturesoyourbodycanfunctionproperlylike
itissupposetoo.Yourepidermisismadeofmultipledifferentlayerstomakesureitcanprovidethe
mosteffectiveprotection.Howevertheskinisnotinvinciblebutitdoesthemostitcantosupportand
helpourbodymaintainitself.Ifthebodygettoohotorcoldtheskinhasdifferentmethodstohelpthe
bodyreturntothenormaltemperature.
Belowarepicturesofalipprintandfingerprintfrommyself.

Thepictureaboveisapictureofmythumbprint.Weplacedourthumbsonaninkpad
andpressedourthumbontoaplainwhitepieceofprinterpaper.

Thepictureaboveismylipprint.Weappliedlipsticktoourlipsandprintedthemona
normalsheetofplainwhiteprinterpaper.
In 1561 Santorio Sanctorius wondered how much weight you lost when you
sweat.Wedidanexperimenttryingtoanswerthequestionslistedbelow.
Whatisthepurposeofsweatglands?
Whatmakesthemactive?
Wedidanexperimenttestingtheregionalvariations ineccrinesweatglanddensity.Wefound
outthatmore sweatglandsareonthe anteriorside oftheforearm andmanual.Wealsoperformed and
completed another experimentontouch receptors.Touch isdefinedasdirectcontact.Thisallowsusto
understandwhatdifferentobjectsare.WehavesensoryreceptorsandMeissherCorpulscles.Different
types of sensory receptors, varying in size, shape, number, and distribution within the skin, are
responsible for relaying information about pressure, temperature, and pain. Thelargesttouchsensor,
the Pacinian corpuscle, is located in the hypodermis, the innermost thick fatty layer of skin, which
responds
to
vibration.
Touch.
(n.d.).
Retrieved
from
http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/634/Touch.html.

Thisisthebargraphshowingwhichareasofthebodyhadthemosttouchreceptors.Thefirstthreebars
are smallpartsofthebodysuchasyourtoesandthebottomofyourfoot.Thelargepartofthebodyare
topofthefoot,upperarm,andforearm.


ThisismyhomunculusgraphthatIdrew. Itresemblesmytouchreceptorbargraph.Thebiggerpartsof
thebodyhavethesmallestdistancebetweentouchreceptors.Thosewouldbethehands,feetandlips.
Yourbodyusesthermoregulationtoobtainhomeostasis. An exampleofhomeostasiswouldbe
when your muscles contract when you're really cold. This is mostly knownbythe termshivering.
This causes friction and helps your body warm up and return back to itsnormalbodytemperature.
Another example would be if your body gets overheated it will start to excrete sweat from sweat
glands.Thishelps yourbodycoolofftoreturn toitsnormalbodytemperature.Duringexercise inthe
heat,sweatoutput oftenexceeds waterintake, whichresultsina body waterdeficitor hypohydration.
Thiswaterdeficit occurs fromboth theintracellularandextracellularfluidcompartments,andcauses a
hypertonichypovolemia of the blood. Aerobic exercise tasks are likely to be adversely affected by
hypohydrationand thewarmer theenvironmentthegreater thepotentialforperformancedecrements
Sawka, M. (1992). Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Physiological Consequences of
Hypohydration: Exercise Performance and Thermoregulation. Retrieved October 22, 2014, from
http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/1602938.


Thisgraphisoverthedifferenttimeswehadonvascularrecuitment.