Immune & Integumentary Systems

What makes the integumentary system and the immune system different? Select ALL that apply.

• The integumentary system includes white blood cells that engulf harmful substances.

• The integumentary system includes your skin, nails, and hair that protect harmful substances from entering your body.

• The immune system includes platelets that engulf harmful infections.

• The immune system includes white blood cells that engulf harmful infections.

• The immune system includes platelets that collect to form blood clots when your blood vessels are broken.

Which of the following is not a layer of the skin?

• Hyperdermis

• Hypodermis

• Epidermis

• Dermis

David is playing soccer with his friends, and got a large cut across his bicep. Which of the below body systems is LEAST involved in David's situation?

• Integumentary

• Endocrine

• Immune

• Nervous

How does the body protect itself from invading microorganisms?

• The immune system collects and stores the invading organisms.

• The respiratory system surrounds the invaders with carbon dioxide.

• The respiratory system removes invaders from the blood.

• The immune system kills or disables the invading organisms.

1. Invading microorganisms sometimes enter the body and threaten its health. How does the body protect itself from these invaders?

• 1. The immune system collects and stores the invading organisms.

• 1. The respiratory system surrounds the invaders with carbon dioxide.

• 1. The respiratory system removes invaders from the blood.

• The immune system kills or disables the invading organisms

What layer of the skin are blood vessels found in?

• epidermis

• dermis

• hypodermis

What layer of the skin are nerve endings, sweat, and sebaceous (oil) glands found in?

• epidermis

• dermis

• hypodermis

Which layer of the skin is the outermost layer that provides a barrier to infection?

• Epidermis

• Dermis

• Hypodermis

• Hyperdermis

When a foreign substance enters the body, which system is primarily responsible for fighting it off?

• The circulatory system pumps the substance out of the body.

• The digestive system breaks down the substance.

• The immune system identifies and destroys the substance.

• The respiratory system expels the substance through breathing.

John accidentally stepped on a rusty nail. Which body system is LEAST involved in responding to this injury?

• Integumentary

• Immune

• Nervous

• Respiratory