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5 COMPARATIVE Anatomy of Chordates - INTEGUMENT

The document compares the skin (integument) of the shark fish (Scoliodon) and frog (Rana), which are both poikilothermic animals. The skin in both vertebrates has an outer epidermis layer and inner dermis layer. However, the epidermis of Scoliodon is composed of many similar cell layers without stratum corneum, while Rana's epidermis is distinguished into stratum corneum and stratum malpighii. Additionally, Scoliodon's skin is rough and tough with placoid scales and unicellular glands, whereas Rana's skin is soft, loose, and respiratory with multicellular glands.

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5 COMPARATIVE Anatomy of Chordates - INTEGUMENT

The document compares the skin (integument) of the shark fish (Scoliodon) and frog (Rana), which are both poikilothermic animals. The skin in both vertebrates has an outer epidermis layer and inner dermis layer. However, the epidermis of Scoliodon is composed of many similar cell layers without stratum corneum, while Rana's epidermis is distinguished into stratum corneum and stratum malpighii. Additionally, Scoliodon's skin is rough and tough with placoid scales and unicellular glands, whereas Rana's skin is soft, loose, and respiratory with multicellular glands.

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COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE

INTEGUMENT(SKIN) IN THE SCOLIODON (SHARK


FISH)AND RANA(FROG)
Scoliodon and Rana are poikilothermic animals. Scoliodon is an aquatic cartilage fish. Rana lives
in water and on land-amphibian. In both the vertebrates the skin (integument) is the outermost
covering of the body. It is multicellular and multilayered structure typically formed of an outer
layer of 'epidermis' and an inner layer of 'dermis'. The integument provides a characteristic form
to the body. It also protects the enclosed organs.
The epidermis is derived from the ectoderm and dermis from mesoderm of the embryo. The
epidermis is multilayered and differentiated into stratified epithelium and cornification is not
complete. The cells of stratum corneum are nucleated. The lowermost layer of the epidermis
formed of living columnar cells and is called 'stratum malpighii'or stratlim germinativum.

SCOLIODON-SHARK FISH SKIN V.S IMAGE:

shark fish (scoliodon)-skin

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FROG SKIN(AMPHIBIAN SKIN )V.S. IMAGE:

Scoliodon (fish)-skin Rana (Frog)-skin


1. Skin is rough & tough. It is firmly attached 1. Skin is soft, smooth and loose. It is separated
to the underlying muscles. from the underlying muscles by lymph sacs.
2. The skin is divided into epidermis and
2. Same.
dermis.
3. The epidermis is composed of many layers
3. The epidermis is distinguished into stratum
of similar epithelial cells. Stratum corneum is
corneum a^d stratum malpighii.
absent.
4.Mucous glands or cutaneous glands
4. Unicellular mucous glands are present in
are multicellular and are present in
the dermis.
the dermis.
5. Dermis is less vascularised. 5. Dermis is richly vascularised.
6. The skin is protective and sensory in 6. Skin is protective, sensory and respiratory
function. (Cutaneous respiration) in function.
7 Placoid scales are present. 7. Scales are absent.
8. Dermis has stratum spongiosum & stratum
8 Dermis has no layers,
compactum
9. Chromatophores are found in the upper part of
9. In the dermis chromatophore and iridocytes
dermis. These help in changing the colour of
are present.
integument.
10. In some deep-sea fishes light emiting 10 In some frogs (Bufo) poison glands are present
photophores are present. near the tympanum
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