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Humans
Fish
Birds
Reptiles
General
100
True or False: Skin is the largest organ in the human body
What is True
100
What helps fish get rid of harmful organisms and substances?
What is mucus
100
What are bird appendages?
What is beak and claws
100
What is protective in some reptiles other than skin?
What is shells
100
What does the integumentary system protect against?
What is bacterial damage, chemical, and thermal damage.
200
How do humans maintain water balance?
What is sweating and evaporation
200
What are the three parts of the fish integumentary system?
What is mucus, pigment grains, and scales.
200
What is the main purpose for a bird's integumentary system?
What is to be a barrier from the external environment.
200
How do reptiles lose old skins cells?
What is shedding
200
What are the two layers of skin and where are they located?
What is 1. epidermis: outer layer 2. dermis: inner layer
300
How much body weight does skin make up?
What is 12-15%
300
What causes changes in fish pigments?
What is hormones released by the endocrine system
300
What three parts does the integumentary system include in birds?
What is skin, feathers, and appendages
300
True or False: reptiles resemble parts of bird integumentary systems
What is true
300
Give an example of the metabolic duties of the integumentary system.
What is site of vitamin D synthesis
400
What are two examples of how the body regulates body temperature?
What is shivering and sweating
400
How do fish get rid of old cells?
What is when new cells form and divide, they push the old cells to the surface
400
What is the purpose of the transitional layer?
What is for the cells to be transformed for the hard outer layer.
400
What do reptile glands do?
What is secrete pheromones
400
Prevents the body from losing too much ______.
What is water
500
Name four skin functions.
What is protection, water balance, regulating body temperature, and sensory reception.
500
How do fish change color?
What is by expanding and contracting their pigment cells
500
How does the integumentary system in birds connect to their respiratory system?
What is air spaces in hypodermis connect to air sacs in respiratory system allowing the bird to fly.
500
What makes up the scales of reptiles and what does this resemble in humans?
What is keratin - which makes up human hair and fingernails
500
What does the integumentary system cushion?
What is underlying tissue