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The integumentary system (skin) blocks the entrance of pathogens and prevents the loss of water.
Integumentary system (skin)
The skin is the largest organ and forms an effective barrier.
The integumentary system is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. The skin is only a few millimeters thick yet is by far the largest organ in the body.
When pathogens enter the body, they begin to cause disease. Path=disease+ gen=to make (or generate).
The pores on your skin help to prevent harmful pathogens from entering. Pathogens cause disease, infection and Cancer. By keeping these pathogens out, this is how pores protect you.
acidic environment
the skin keeps out most pathogens
The skin den the second layer is the phagocyte. These are the barriers of the skin.
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Because the skin protects you. It 'keeps out the dirtybugs' as my grandma likes to say.
Any type of opening in the skin, including the protective covering in the eye, lowers resistance to pathogens such as staph.