Integumentary System - Page 9
Questions
- Why do fingerprints offer an evolutionary advantage?
- Is only the top layer of skin cells alive?
- What integumentary gland secretes an oil-like substance?
- Which is the part of the skin where cells divide by mitosis to replace cells lost from the skin?
- Do epidermal cells have cell walls? Do epidermal cells have vacuoles?
- How do epidermal wounds heal?
- Which systems remove waste from your body?
- Is the dermis rich in blood vessels and nerve fibers?
- True or false? Human skin produces antimicrobial secretions.
- Does the function of the respiratory system closely overlap with the function of the excretory, skeletal, endocrine, or integumentary system?
- Are the sweat glands involved in temperature control?
- What kind of tissue is arrector pili muscle?
- Why is the dermis thicker than the epidermis?