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Integumentary System (skin)

The Integumentary System includes the skin, hair and nails and is the human body's largest organ system.

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White patch on skin?

There can be more than one cause. You should get a diagnose from a doctor to be sure.

Most common cause is a skin condition known as vitiligo. It is a very common in the U.S, and about 1% of people have it. Most likely cause of vitiligo is an autoimmune problem where your body attacks melanocytes which produce pigment. It is also suspected to be related to stress or sunrays. Vitiligo is not lethal in any way. The white patches could cover a person's body anywhere. It is physically pain-free. Extensive pigment loss can be very hard mentally.

There are a few things that might help the recovery, such as eating healthy. An enzyme, serrapeptase, might also help. There are some ultraviolet treatments and medicines, but they are mostly experimental.

Most important thing is to use sunblock in the areas without pigment. You can also add tan loation to hide the white areas from people.

How does skin protect the body from disease and how does it heal itself?

skin protects your body in many ways.first, your skin prevents most bacteria, or germs, from entering your body.bacteria are tiny structures that can cause disease.Skin keeps the outside out and the inside in. It fights and protects from infections, bacteria, germs & viruses. helps moderate the temperature.It is a physical barrier to the diseases.by keeping all the diseases and viruses out.Think of skin as the equivalent of siding on a house. The most valuable assets of a house lie on the inside, but the siding is an important exterior shell to save the house from internal damage.

The skin is a rough exterior coating that protects all the inner workings (organ, systems, etc.) of the body. It is porous, however, such that an object can penetrate the skin and enter the body, but this is often correlated with extreme force. This goes back to the 'siding on the house' example. If you try hard enough, you can pierce the siding on the house and destroy what is inside (i.e. a hurricane hurling debris through it). Similarly, if you take a remotely sharp object, you can have it penetrate the skin and damage the valuable interior of the human body.

In terms of fighting disease, the skin provides a barrier so that your bodily systems are not directly exposed to the outside elements (bacteria and the like). The 'normal fleura' of the body are the germs and bacteria that live on the skin and help it to combat harmful entities that may try to attack it.

Why is the skin the largest sense organ?

The skin is indeed the largest human organ in the body. There are still debates regarding the validity of this statement. However, let us start with the definition of a human organ. A human organ is defined as a collection of tissue formed together to serve a common function. The definition clearly fits the skin.

The skin consists of three distinct layers: the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissue. They are joined together to form a common function, to protect our body by maintaining body temperature, as a protective membrane, and to shape our body. . The surface area of the skin is approximately 2 metres squared and its weight is about 8 - 10 pounds.

With the aforementioned information, we can conclude that the skin is in fact the largest organ in the human body.

How many layers does the flame have?

The hottest flame has an excess of oxygen and has two zones or cones. A lower-temperature flame, meanwhile, has three zones.

The only way a toxic substance will pass through your skin is if the skin is cut?

No, not true.

Many toxins can pass through uncut skin.
Always wear proper protection when handling toxic substances. Especially pesticides and heavy metals are dangerous.

Why is it important to protect the skin?

Because the skin protects you. It 'keeps out the dirtybugs' as my grandma likes to say.

Has the greater electrical resistance wet skin or dry skin?

If the skin is dry it will offer more resistance. The resistance of the human body ranges from about 100 ohms if the body is soaked with salt water to about 5000,000 ohms if the skin is very dry. If we touch the two electrodes of a battery with dry fingers, completing the circuit from one hand to the other, we can expect to offer a resistance of a bout 100,000 ohms. We usually cannot feel 12 volts if we do this, though a 24 volts just barely tingles. If our skin is moist, however, 24 volts can be quite uncomfortable.

What are the holes in the skin called?

The most common answer would be PORES. However, there are cases of unnatural tiny holes that can be a sign of skin diseases.

Is dandruff living or non-living?

Dandruff is just dead skin cells from your scalp. Making it non-living.

What type of skin do mice have?

well... Mice could have brown,white,peach,and even black or a combination! :3