Integumentary, Skeletal and Muscular Systems

What are the functions of the integumentary system?

Select ALL that apply.

• protects the body from the outside world

• helps to maintain body temperature

• helps to gather information for the nervous system

• produces vitamin D

What is included in the integumentary system?

Select ALL that apply.

• skin

• hair

• nails

• bones

What determines a person's hair and skin color?

• phenotype

• melanin

• keratin

• protein

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The type of muscle that allows voluntary movement.

• cardiac muscle

• skeletal muscle

• smooth muscle

• all of the above

Which of the following types of muscle are always involuntary?

• cardiac

• skeletal

• smooth

• cardiac and smooth

What kind of tissue is the surface of your skin?

• nervous

• epithelial

• skeletal

• connective

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What causes skin cancer?

• damage to hair follicles

• damage to melanin

• damage to genetic material due to UV radiation

• nail roots

What is osteoporosis?

• disease that causes bones to become less dense and break easily

• swelling and stiffening of the bones in joins

• when hair follicles become clogged with oil and dead skin cells

• damage to genetic material in the skin

Structure in the body that helps to cool the body and remove waste

• hair follicle

• nail root

• sweat gland

• oil gland

What provides support, facilitates movement and protects internal organs?

• skin

• spinal cord

• skeleton

• joints