The Integumentary System

The integumentary system only consists of your skin.

• True

• False

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The integumentary system helps regulate the body's temperature and serves as a protective covering.

• True

• False

The accessory organs of the integumentary system are the oil and sweat glands, sensory receptors, hair and nails.

• True

• False

The word integument means skin.

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• False

The skin is the largest organ of the body.

• True

• False

Melanin absorbs ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, preventing it from causing mutations in the DNA of skin cells and other damaging effects.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the outer layer of the skin is called

• dermis

• subcutaneous layer

• epidermis

• organ

A brownish black pigment is called pheomelanin

• true

• false

Nails are protective coverings on the ends of the fingers and toes

• true

• false

The deepest layer of epidermal cells called

• stratum basale

• melanin

• stratum lucidum

• keratinization