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Title: Skin Exposure to Different Stimulus Lab
Procedures:
Part A: Evaporation
1. Have your partner close his/her eyes and put their hands flat on the table in
front of them.
2. Dip 1 cotton ball into the water beaker. Dip the 2 nd one into the alcohol
beaker.
3. Dab of o r par ner s ris i h he a er co on ball and he o her ris
with the alcohol cotton ball.
4. Allow your partner to record their observations in their data chart.
5. Now allow your partner to repeat steps 1-4 on your wrists.
DATA:
Table A: Evaporation
Evaporation
Water Alcohol
Which felt Ben
cooler? Sasha
Which
evaporated BensSasha
faster?
Instructions
1) Immerse the subject elbow in the ice water
2) Record the quality (severity) and locality of pain at 1 minute intervals for 3 minutes.
3) Remove the elbow and at the end of 1 minute continue to assess any changes in location and
quality of pain.
1 B coldonelbow
13 2
s4 s.com
2
ss
burnoB
3 B numbbutcoldan
alowkeyburned
3 13 5 B shooting paintohandhold
5 5 g elbow
numbhandishothurts
1. Explain why one liquid felt cooler than the other in Part A of the lab.
Thealcoholcouldhavefeltcoolerthanthewaterbecauseofthechemicalswithin it
2. What evidence did the color change of the cornstarch paper show in Part B of the lab?
me
theevidencethatthecolorchangedonthetissuepaperisthattherewasadarkspotthisisbecauseof oilfrommy
face
3. List the different types of sweat glands present in skin.
Thetwotypesofsweatglandsareapocrineandeccrine
4. What layer of the skin contains sebaceous glands?
Dermis
5. What are the different touch receptors within the skin?
Thetwotypesoftouchreceptorsarefreenerveendingsandencapsulatednerveendings
6. Which receptors were working during Part D of the lab? How do you know?
thereceptors
Encapsulatednerveendingsare thatareworking Iknowthisbecausethisisthereceptorthatreactsto
touchapressure
7. In Part E, what is the function of the pu illa efle ( h i i beneficial fo he il o
change diameter when exposed to a bright light?
Itmaybebeneficialforthepupilstochangeindiameterbecausetheyareadjustingtohowmuchlightcouldbeletinsoour
visionwon'tbetoobrightd
1 ark
8. What part of the brain is responsible for initiating the pupillary reflex?
Theoculomotornerve
9. What could an abnormal pupillary reflex indicate?
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therecouldbeanopticnerveinjuryoculomotornerve
damageorabrainstemlesion
10. In Part E in the lab, how did the progression and quality of pain change during the
experiment?
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For Benthepainprogressed butmypainstayedthesameAfterhowever wetookourarmoutanddidn'thavetoreemerge
menthepainsubsided
Conclusion: In complete sentences, write a paragraph including the following points: What was the
purpose of this lab, explain your evidence from this lab that supports your purpose, what
information from your background supports what you learned in this lab and explain
how, what was a factor that was not taken into account that may have affected the
results, explain how the results were affect, and explain the importance of the
Integumentary System to the body and homeostasis.
Thepurposeofthislabistoinvestigatethecharacteristics ofskinanditsreflexesTheevidencethatsupports
thepurposeisourbodyreactingtooutsideforceswithoutourknowledgeWhileoureyeswereclosedwewerestill
beabletofeelmetoothpicksandthewateralcoholThedermisskinlevelhousesourdifferentnerveendingsthat
By thisknowledgebeforedoingthislab Iwasableto
allowsourbodytoreacttodifferentsensoryobjects having
experience1
seehowbodiesreacttooutsideforceswithoutourknowledgeBodieswilljust reactduetoournervesand
thebodyknowssomethingistouchingitbecauseofthesensation itgivesoff Afactorthatwasnottakeninto
accountthat
mayhaveaffectedtheresultswasittherewasnervedamageTheresultsaretestamenttoour
nerveendings1receptorsreactingtothedifferenttestsTheintegumentarysystemhas aroleinhomeostasis
reception Allofthebody'ssystemsworktomaintaintheinternalconditionsofthebody
becauseofsensory