Integumentary System

Question 1

What are the layers of the skin?

Answer 1

The epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.

Question 2

What are the functions of the integumentary system?

Answer 2

Protection, preventing dehydrating, thermoregulation, excretion, sensation, producing vitamin D.

Question 3

Where is an SQ injection given?

Answer 3

Subcutaneous injections are given in the hypodermis.

Question 4

Where are the sweat glands located?

Answer 4

In the dermis layer of the skin.

Question 5

What are the structures of the integumentary system?

Answer 5

Skin, glands, hair, claws, hooves and horns.

Question 6

Where is an ID injection given?

Answer 6

Intradermal injections.

Question 7

What does the dermis layer of the skin consist of?

Answer 7

Connective tissue, blood, lymphatic vessels, nerve endings, oil and sweat glands, and accessory organs.

Question 8

What does a sebaceous gland do?

Answer 8

Produces an oily substance called sebum, which lubricates the skin and is responsible for waterproofing and maintaining skin elasticity.

Question 9

Do dogs and cats sweat?

Answer 9

Only through their paw pads and noses.

Question 10

What is the largest organ of the body?

Answer 10

The skin.

Question 11

What is a melanocyte?

Answer 11

A cell found in the skin and eyes that produces and contains the pigment melanin.

Question 12

What is the arrector pili muscle?

Answer 12

A muscle attached to the base of a hair follicle, it contracts and moves the hair in order to regulate body temperature.

Question 13

What is another name for whiskers?

Answer 13

Vibrissae or tactile hairs.

Question 14

What is the study of skin called?

Answer 14

Dermatology.

Question 15

Wat is another name for the hypodermis layer?

Answer 15

The subcutaneous layer.

Question 16

Do dew claws have a functional purpose?

Answer 16

No.

Question 17

What is the quick?

Answer 17

The quick is the living part of the nail which supplies blood, cutting the quick can result in bleeding and pain for the animal.

Question 18

When are dewclaws removed?

Answer 18

3-5 days of age, or around the time of spay/neuter.

Question 19

What product is used most often when a nail is bleeding?

Answer 19

Styptic powder.

Question 20

What kind of tissues comprise the skin?

Answer 20

Epithelial and connective tissue.

Question 21

What is the epidermis covered in?

Answer 21

A layer of keratin.

Question 22

What is the hypodermis composed of?

Answer 22

Loose connective tissue connecting the skin to underlying muscles, and adipose (fatty) tissue.

Question 23

What are the 2 types of glands in the skin?

Answer 23

Sebaceous (oil) and Sudoriferous (sweat).

Question 24

Are sudoriferous glands attached to hair follicles?

Answer 24

Only apocrine sudoriferous glands.

Question 25

What are the 2 types of sudoriferous glands?

Answer 25

Eccrine and apocrine.

Question 26

What does an eccrine sweat gland do?

Answer 26

Produce sweat containing water, electrolytes, and waste, which opens directly onto pores on the skins surface and helps to regulate body temperature.

Question 27

What does an apocrine sweat gland do?

Answer 27

Produce an oily, opaque substance containing proteins, lipids, and steroids, which is secreted onto a hair follicle.

Question 28

What is the section of the hair outside of the epidermis called?

Answer 28

The shaft.

Question 29

What is the part of the hair that attaches to the follicle called?

Answer 29

The follicle.