Skin WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Skin and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. American Medical Association: Atlas of the Body - Skin ama-assn.org - Atlas of the Body - Skin
  2. About.com: Skin - Anatomy - Skin Layers dermatology.about.com - Skin - Anatomy - Skin Layers
  3. Gray's Anatomy (via Bartleby): Anatomy of the Human Body - The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument - The Common Integument bartleby.com - Anatomy of the Human Body - The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument - The Common Integument
  4. Loyola University Dermatology: Introduction to the Skin meddean.luc.edu - Introduction to the Skin
  5. Neuroscience for Kids: Receptors - The Skin or ("Hey! Your Epidermis is Showing!") faculty.washington.edu - Receptors - The Skin or ("Hey! Your Epidermis is Showing!")
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Research Notes on Skin

Skin is the largest organ of the human body. It consists of three layers. Those layers are called the epidermis, dermis and the fat layer. Skin has several functions. It protects the body from light, injury and infection, regulates body temperature, senses stimulation and stores water, fat and vitamin D.1

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  • The thinnest skin is on the eyelid.2
  • A human sheds 50 million skin cells every day.2
  • The skin of an adult weighs 6 to 10 pounds.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ University of Maryland Medical Center: Anatomy of the Skin
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Neuroscience for Kids: Receptors - The Skin or ("Hey! Your Epidermis is Showing!")

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