Protection against bacteria, viruses, & other foreign substances entering the body.

Sebaceous glands secrete

Attached to hair follicles .Contraction causes the hairs to stand on end, known colloquially as goose bumps.

Reduces blood flow and heat transfer by decreasing the diameter of superficial blood vessels.

Tissue that stores fat.

A pigment that protects the body by absorbing the suns damaging ultraviolet rays

glands that secrete sweat to the outside of the body; also assist in body temperature regulation

Which vitamin does the skin produce?

outermost layer of epidermis

the deepest layer of the epidermis consisting of stem cells capable of undergoing cell division to form new cells

without a blood supply

middle layer of skin

the layer of skin beneath the dermis, which serves as a storage repository for fat

hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails/ waterproofs skin

The process by drugs can pass from skin into the blood