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Slideshow:
Integumentary System
Histology
Integumentary System Lab Guide
(great pictures)
Skin Micrographs
General Info
The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology
MedlinePlus:
Topic - Hair, Skin, & Nails
Medscape Dermatology Articles
Merck Manual:
Skin Disorders
Dermatology Atlas--Alphabetized Index
The Physician and Sports Medicine: Athletic Skin Injuries
AAAS:
The Science Inside Skin
Articles & News
ScienceDaily:
Sweat Glands Play Major Role in Healing Human Wounds
Dermatology Online Journal:
The control of hair growth
Interactive
WiscOnline:
Integumentary System
Art Labeling:
Structure of a Hair Follicle
Art Labeling:
Structure of a Nail
Art Labeling:
Skin Structure
Thin Skin and Thick Skin
Labeling
Anatomy of a Single Hair
Labeling
Integumentary Repair
Tutorial
Skin Cancer Investigation
You and Your Skin
ABPI
Skin Structure and Function Module
Video
Dear Sixteen-Year-Old Me
(5:04)
Mayo Clinic:
How Skin Cancer Develops
(1:38)
Discovery:
What Are the Odds?
Skin Cancer
(2:52)
Living Color: Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Colo
r (1:18:45)
Incredible Human Machine
part 1 (10:09)
asapScience:
The Science of Hair Loss/Balding
(1:56)
The Curious Engineer:
Why do our Finger Pads Wrinkle when exposed to Water?
(1:40)
MinuteEarth:
What is Skin For?
(2:07)
SciShow:
Why Do We Blush?
(2:18)
SciAm:
Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much? - Instant Egghead #25
(2:03)
SciFri Video:
Getting a Grip on Finger Wrinkles
(3:25)
Hair, Nails, & Glands
MedlinePlus:
Hair Loss (Alopecia)
Skin
Mayo Clinic:
Wrinkle creams: Your guide to younger looking skin
Determine Your Skin Type
Discovery Health:
How Albinism Works
SciFri Video:
Getting a Grip on Finger Wrinkles
(3:25)
Tattoos
Mayo Clinic:
Tattoos: Understand risks and precautions
Archaeology Magazine: Ancient Tattoos:
page 1
;
page 2
;
page 3
;
page 4
;
page 5
;
page 6
Sun, Tanning, & Burns
Discovery Health: How Sunburns and Sun Tans Work
Sun Damage and Prevention
(Electronic Textbook of Dermatology)
Mayo Clinic:
Best sunscreen: Understand sunscreen options
PubMed:
The deceptive nature of UVA tanning versus the modest protective effects of UVB tanning on human skin
The Tale of Tanning: From Pale to Bronze and Back Again
TED Ed:
Why do we have to wear sunscreen? - Kevin P. Boyd
(5:02)
DHA-Spray and Sunless "Tanning" Booths
Making Sense of Sunscreen Products
EPA SunWise
How Sunless Tanner Works: Tan-In-A-Can Chemistry - Bytesize Science
(2:50)
Repelling the Rays: The Chemistry of Sunscreen - Bytesize Science
(3:38)
Sunscreens: What's That Stuff?
A Tan—Quick, Easy, and Safe?
Discover Magazine:
The Biology of . . . Sunscreen
CDC Skin Cancer Media Publications
Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer Foundation
Maine Skin Cancer Facts
Skin Cancer Investigation
Dear Sixteen-Year-Old Me
(5:04)
Mayo Clinic:
How Skin Cancer Develops
(1:38)
Discovery:
What Are the Odds?
Skin Cancer
(2:52)
ACS:
What are basal and squamous cell skin cancers?
CDC: Skin Cancer
Suspected Effects of Vitamin D. Vitamin D has a variety of actions in the body. It binds to the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which then binds to the retinoid X receptor (RXR) and activates the expression of numerous genes