Skin, Hairs and Nails

Integumentary System

Multiple Choice

What is the Integumentary System?

the integumentary system includes our _____________.

• Hair

  Protein

  Skin

  Fat

• Vitamin D

  Skin

  Protein

  Nails

• Hair

  Skin

  Nails

  Sweat and oil glands

• Sweat and oil glands

  Vitamin D

  Skin

  Nails

The integumentary system includes our skin, hair, nails, sweat and oil glands.

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What is the integumentary system?

Fill in the Blank

The Integumentary system has _______ important jobs.

Multiple Choice

The five important jobs of the integumentary system are to regulate body temperature, eliminate waste, protect the body, gather information about the environment, and produces vitamin d.

• True

• False

The integumentary system is important to us because it helps in five critical ways. It helps us

1. to regulate body temperature

2. eliminate wastes

3. protect the body

4. gather information about the environment and

5. produces vitamin d.

Multiple Choice

The outside layer of skin is called the __________.

• Epidermis

• Dermis

• Subcutaneous Fat

The epidermis protects our bodies.

The Skin has layers. the outside layer of skin is called the epidermis.

Skin

Multiple Choice

The _______ is located below the epidermis

• epidermis

• dermis

• subcutaneous fat

Skin

Dermis

The dermis is located below the epidermis. It is thicker than the epidermis. This layer helps to protect your internal organs and keeps in body heat.

Multiple Choice

Below the dermis is a layer called the _________.

• Dermis

• Epidermis

• Subcutaneous Fat

Skin

Subcutaneous Fat

Below the dermis is a layer of fat called subcutaneous fat. This layer is made up of primarily fat and helps to keep the body warm. This layer also absorbs shock, so if you bang into something it helps to protect your body from getting hurt.

Multiple Choice

Our skin is the smallest organ

• True

• False

Skin

Our skin is the LARGEST organ.

Multiple Choice

Hair is made up of protein, fat, and water.

• True

• False

Hair

Hair is made up of protein, fat, and water. Hair grows from the follicles located in the subcutaneous fat layer.

Multiple Choice

Nails have three different parts. They are the nail plate, nail bed, and cuticle.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Nails protect the fingers and toes from injury and help with sense of touch.

• False

• True

Nails

There are THREE parts to a nail. The nail plate, nail bed, and cuticle. Nails help to protect the fingers and toes from injury, and help with the sense of touch.

Multiple Choice

What is the last part of the integumentary system?

• Oil glands

• Skin

• Hair

Multiple Choice

The job of an oil gland is to release sweat and protect the body by cooling it off, releasing oil to keep hair soft, and produce wax to help protect anything from entering your ears.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

The two glands of the human body are known as the

• Sweat glands

• Oil glands

• Protein glands

• Skin glands

Sweat and Oil glands

The two glands are called the sweat and oil glands.

These glands are the last part of the integumentary system.

They help produce sweat to cool the body off, produce oil onto your hair to keep it soft, and produce wax to keep things from entering your ears.