Protection, Support, and Movement Flashcards
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Protection: _
Integument
Support: _
Skeleton
Movement: _
Muscles
Integument is from the Latin word _
Integumentum (to cover)
- largest organ system
- protects the body from damage
Integument
What comprises the integument?
Skin and its appendages
The appendages of skin
- hair
- scales
- feathers
- nails
Integument is an attachment site for sensory receptors to detect
- pain
- sensation
- pressure
- temperature
Variety of functions of the integument
- to waterproof
- cushion
- protect deeper tissues
- excrete wastes
- regulate temperature
Invertebrate integument
Epidermis + - cuticle
Integument of Molluscs
soft, delicate, mucus-secreting glands
Shell of Molluscs
calcium carbonate
multilayer nano-reflectors with alternating high and low refractive indices, generating interference of light waves
Iridocytes
Animals with Iridocytes
- octopus
- squid
Integument of Arthropods
most complex (protection and support)
Epidermis and cuticle of Arthropods
- single-layered epidermis
- double-layered cuticle
Two layers of cuticle
- Epicuticle
- Procuticle
Outer, thin, nonchitinous
Epicuticle
Inner, thick, chitinous
Procuticle
Arthropods undergo molting leaving an __
exuviae
Cuticle of Arthropods can be hardened by
- Calcification
- Sclerotization
Calcification happens in what animals
crustaceans
Sclerotization happens in what animals
insects
Deposition of calcium carbonate in the outer layer of procuticle
calcification