Human Anatomy: Skin and Its Functions

Study of tissue structure and composition

Skin has multiple layers and components working together.

Protecting and regulating, along with other body systems

Studying how age, UV, hormones, & nutrition affect skin

Studying how skin interacts with other body systems.

Skin protects the body from external factors and is part of a complex system of interconnected functions.

The system that includes skin and related structures.

Amino acids combine to make proteins.

Proteins are essential for healthy skin.

The skin is the largest organ of the body.

Sensation, heat regulation, excretion, secretion, and absorption.

Protects against harmful chemicals and bacteria, preventing infection.

Skin is a sensory storehouse that keeps our brain in touch with the world.

Helps make vitamin D, important for bones.

Nerve fibers detect touch, sending signals to the brain for response.

The skin's protection against external factors like bacteria.

Oils on the skin protecting from bacteria and damage.

Skin's protective film with a pH of 5.5.

Protective layer of water and oil on skin.

Water evaporation from the skin's surface.

Peptides combine to form proteins.

Proteins are the fundamental building blocks of body tissue.

Skin histology is the study of skin tissue structure and composition.

Healthy skin is slightly acidic.

Amino acids combine to create peptides.

Melanocytes produce melanin to protect the body from harmful UV rays.

The intercellular matrix is the fluid substance between epidermal cells, crucial for skin barrier function.

Melanosomes are pigment granules produced by melanocytes.

Epidermal Growth Factor stimulates skin cell reproduction and healing.

UV rays can damage the DNA in melanocytes, potentially leading to skin cancer.

The skin is the body's largest organ.

Skin has three main layers: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.

Outermost layer, acts as a waterproof barrier.

Fat is NOT the building block of body tissue.

Also known as integumentary system, a study of skin structure is skin histology.

Muscle that causes goosebumps when it contracts.

Nerve endings in the dermis that detect touch, pain, temperature, and pressure.

Oil produced by skin glands that protects and moisturizes the epidermis.

Glands that produce sweat, regulating body temperature and removing waste.

98.16 degrees Fahrenheit.

Perspiration protects the body from overheating by cooling it through evaporation.

Healthy skin is slightly moist, soft, smooth, and acidic.

Protection, sensation, thermoregulation, excretion, and absorption.

Sebaceous glands produce sebum, an oily substance that lubricates and protects the skin.

The outermost layer of skin.

Transepidermal water loss is the evaporation of water from the skin.

The skin's ability to protect itself from outside elements and maintain its integrity. Including the acid mantle.

The layer beneath the epidermis.

The deepest layer of skin, containing fat.

Healthy skin is properly hydrated, protected, and functioning as it should without problems.