The body's outer covering, which protects against heat and light, injury, and infection. Skin regulates body temperature and stores water, fat, and vitamin D. The skin, which weighs about 6 pounds, is the body's largest sense organ. Here are some of the most amazing facts about skin that you must know.
The fact that it's an organ, a sense organ and it's the largest one in the human body.
The skin's scientific name is Cutaneous Membrane.
Dead skin is the source of a large amount of your home dust.
A square inch piece of foreskin from a circumcised boy can produce approximately 4 acres of skin tissue in the laboratory. Source
For the average adult human, the skin has a surface area of between 1.5-2.0 square meters.
Estimates place the number of individual bacteria on the surface of one square inch (6.5 square cm) of human skin at 50 million. This number can jump to 500 million in oily surfaces like the face.
300 million skin cells die every minute.
The skin's thinnest area on the human body, is on the eyelids.
Contains a pigment called Melanin. The more melanin the darker the skin, less makes it lighter.
It is made up of three layers. The Epidermis is the outer layer, the Dermis is the middle layer and Subcutaneous is the inner most layer.
It protects the body against invasion of bacteria and other foreign objects.
It helps to regulate body temperature. Goose bumps are little pimples that helps keep a layer of warm air over your body.
The End Notes
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