Perspiration is a process, essentially meant for
the removal of excess water
excreting excess salts
excreting nitrogenous wastes
cooling
Correct Answer :
D. cooling
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The skin in man is thickest at
palm
sole
head
thumb
Ceruminous or wase glands are seen in
eyes of mammals
olfactory passage of mammals
external auditory meatus in mammals
none of these
The modification of the skin at the terminal part of the dorsal surface of phalanges result in formation of
wrinkles
hair
feathers
nails
In the mammalian skin, the adipose tissue is found
in the epidermis
in the dermis
in the muscles
below the derm
Skin of frog is characterized by the ab- I sence of
scales
epidermis I
mucous glands
chromatophores
The cells of the stratum lucidum of the skin become hard and the horny layer of cells thus formed become
stratum granulosum
stratum comeum
dermis
malpighian layer
Large sweat glands are characteristic of >
glans
scrotum
pinna
areola mammary
The skin of frog is attached to the under lying body muscles loosely leaving many
air spaces for respiration
blood spaces
lymph spaces
mucus filled spaces
Prevention of evaporation of water from the skin surface in humans is due to
presence of sweat glands
stratum coreum
stratum lucidum
thick subcutaneous fat
The hair of a mammal is a structure which is
epidermal
mesodermal
dermal
endodermal
The sebaceous glands of skin are as- I sociated with the
hairs
stratum granulosum
lymph vessels
nerve fibres
Mammals lack mucous glands in the skin because
the skin is soft
the skin is not respiratory
the skin has sebaceous glands
the skin has hairs
The layer of cells in the skin which is periodically cast off is
stratum lucidum
stratum corneum
stratum granulosum
malpighian layer
Sweat glands are confined to external ears in
hare
rabbit
whale
hippopotamus
Structures present in the skin of frog and absent in skin of rabbit are
mucous glands
sebaceous glands
hairs
nails
Sweat glands in mammals are primarily concerned with
Regulation of water content
Removal of excess salts
Killing of bacteria
Regulation of body heat
Perspiration is a process, essentially meant for
the removal of excess water
excreting excess salts
excreting nitrogenous wastes
cooling
The corium of dermis is a derivative of
parietal mesoderm
ectoderm
endoderm
both (b) and (c)
The keratin of the integument is
mucoprotein
bony substance
cartilage
selenoprotein
Modified sebaceous glands around eyes in rabbit are
Lacrimal glands
Meibomian glands
Sudorific glands
Cowper's glands
Parotid glands are
poisonous glands found in frog
mucous glands found in frpg
poisonous glands found in ft ad
tear glands found in rabbit
A type of skin gland which is well developed and functional in females, but non-functional and vestigeal in the male is
sweat gland
sebaceous gland
mammary gland
gastric gland
Sebaceous glands are present in
skin in the epidermis
skin in the dermis
stomach in its epithelium
intestine in the epithelium
Mammary glands are modified......in mammals
sweat glands
mucous glands
sebaceous glands
meibomian glands
Nails, hoofs and horns are formed by
cuticle
keratin
chitin
none of these
The function of sebaceous glands in mammals is to
plug the skin pores
nourish the hair follicles
cool the skin by vaporisation
make the skin and hair water proof
The sudoriferous glands of the skin secrete
hormones
water and salt
oil
sebum
If a cat is deprived of vibrissae, stiff long hair on the snout
it can run fast
it can not run at all
it can run freely
nothing will happen
The integument of rabbit differs from that of frog in
possessing stratum comeum for protection against wear and tear
not possessing subcutaneous fat
possessing mucous glands for producing mucus.
possessing sebaceous glands which produce sebum for keeping skin greasy and water-proof.
The skin functions as a storage organ because the deeper layers of dermis store
water and fat
proteins
carbohydrates
all of these