Skin Basics
This organ is the largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
This is the outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis.
Hair and nails are mostly made of this protein.
What is keratin.
These glands produce sweat.
What are sweat glands
The skin helps protect the body from germs and injury.
What is protection?
The integumentary system includes skin, hair, nails, and these.
What are glands?
This layer contains blood vessels, nerves, and sweat glands.
What is the dermis?
The part of the hair that is under the skin.
What is the hair root?
These glands produce oil to keep skin soft.
What are sebaceous glands?
The skin helps regulate body temperature through this process.
What is sweating?
This system helps keep harmful substances out of the body.
What is the integumentary system?
This is the deepest layer of the skin and contains fat.
What is the subcutaneous layer (hypodermis)?
Nails protect these sensitive body parts.
What are fingertips and toes?
Sweat helps cool the body by this process.
What is evaporation?
Nerve endings in the skin allow us to sense this.
What is touch?
Melanin gives the skin its color and protects against this.
What is ultraviolet (UV) radiation?
This layer produces new skin cells.
What is the epidermis?
This structure anchors hair into the skin.
What is the hair follicle?
Oil produced by sebaceous glands is called this.
What is sebum?
The skin prevents excessive loss of this from the body.
What is water?
This pigment helps protect the skin from sun damage.
What is melanin?
This layer contains fat that insulates the body.
What is the subcutaneous layer?
Hair helps protect the body by trapping this.
What is heat?
These glands become active during puberty and can cause body odor.
What are apocrine sweat glands?
The skin helps make this vitamin when exposed to sunlight.
What is acne?