Skin

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  • The skin is the largest organ of the body
  • Skin is an organ of excretion and homeostasis
  • Exotherms - cold blooded animals whose body temperature varies with environmental temperature. Body temperature remains just a few degrees above environment
  • Endotherms - warm blooded animals with a constant body temperature and has mechanisms to warm up or cool down body
  • Homeostasis controls blood sugar using insulin and glycogen produced pancreas.
  • Homeostasis controls blood concentration by ADH levels at the distal convolution of kidneys.
  • Homeostasis controls temperature regulation in birds and mammals by recalling skin.