Integumentary System

Which are part of the integumentary system?

• Muscles, skeleton, bone marrow

• Hair, skin, bones

• Hair, skin, nails

• Brain, spinal cord, nerves

What part of the integumentary system sends and receives messages?

• Glands

• Hair

• Nails

• Nerves

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What's the outer-most layer of your skin called?

• Epidermis

• Dermis

• Subcutaneous fat layer

• All of the above

What is the largest organ of your body?

• Liver

• Kidneys

• Skin

• None of the above

Which does NOT show homeostasis of the skin?

• Keeping foreign objects out

• Sweating to maintain body temperature

• Releasing excess salts through pores

• Keeping oxygen levels healthy

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How does sweating actually keep us cooler?

• Through condensation

• It's colder than the air outside

• Through sublimation

• Though evaporation

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Check ALL facts that are true about the integumentary system

• Vitamin D is produced in the skin

• Blood volume is regulated in the integumentary system

• Skin is mostly dead

• Integumentary systems works with the nervous system

• Integumentary system works with the excretory system

Check all the main layers of the skin

• Alveoli layer

• Dermis

• Epidermis

• Subcutaneous fat layer

• Semi permeable layer

A major function of skin is protection from:

• Abrasion
• UV light 
• Entry of microorganisms
• All of the above 

What is the top layer of the skin called?

• Dermis
• Hypodermis
• Epidermis
• Subcutaneous