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This is the body's largest organ. |
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epidermis, dermis, fatty layer |
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These are the names of the three layers of skin. |
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The outer, thinnest layer of skin. |
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The middle layer of skin, between the epidermis and the fatty layer. |
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When you touch things, the outermost cells of your skin do this. |
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This is where new skin cells are constantly being produced. |
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This is a pigment produced by cells that protect the skin and give it color. |
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Which is thicker? The dermis or the epidermis? |
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This layer of skin contains blood vessels, nerves, muscles, oil, sweat glands, and other structures. |
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This is the primary job of the fatty layer of skin below the dermis. |
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These cells in the skin detect and relay information to the brain. |
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protect against infections, diseases, and help prevent excess water loss |
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What are the three key ways the skin provides the body with protection? |
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These happen when tiny blood vessels beneath the skin burst and leak into surrounding tissues. |
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This is the term for what forms on the skin when it is cut, in order to prevent bacteria from entering the body. |
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Pieces of skin that a surgeon takes from one area of a person's own body to repair skin in another area are called these. |
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Professional athletes have been known to sweat this much. |
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skin weighs twice as much as the brain |
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Which weighs more, your skin or your brain? |
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This is where the thinnest skin on your body is found. |
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This is where the thickest skin on the body is found. |
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This is what is commonly called when your skin gets harder and tries to prevent the sudden loss of heat. |
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This the term for the pigment in skin that makes it different shades of brown. |
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An itch gets us remove dead skin cells |
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What special product does the skin in your ears produce? |
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What are the most sensitive parts of the body? |
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This part of the skin is unique and never changes. |
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if they descend from people who lived near the equator, they have darker skin, and if they descend from people who lived far from the equator they tend to have lighter skin |
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What determines whether people are born with lighter or darker skin? |
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What is the function of the ridges on our fingers? |
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The epidermis is made up of this type of tissue and contains two kinds of cells. |
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