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    5 COMPARATIVE Anatomy of Chordates - INTEGUMENT

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    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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    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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    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

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    Shivaji Ramani
    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

    1
    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
    2
    3

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