| 1. | The animals displayed hydrocephaly and had abnormal hypodermis fat layer morphology.
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| 2. | The hypodermis consists primarily of loose connective tissue and lobules of fat.
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| 3. | Another name for the hypodermis is the subcutaneous tissue.
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| 4. | It occurs chiefly in hypodermis of stems and leaves.
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| 5. | The hypodermis is not part of the skin, and lies below the dermis.
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| 6. | The deepest layer, the hypodermis, is primarily made up of adipose tissue.
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| 7. | The hypodermis acts as an energy reserve.
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| 8. | The hypodermis participates, passively at least, in thermoregulation since fat is a heat insulator.
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| 9. | The connective tissue between the hypodermis and muscles allows only limited movement to occur between them.
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| 10. | Skin is composed of three primary layers : the epidermis, the dermis and the hypodermis.
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