ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Provides a protective barrier against mechanical, thermal and physical injury and hazardous substances. Prevents loss of moisture. Reduces harmful effects of UV radiation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The epidermis is the top layer of skin in your body. It has many important functions, including protecting your body from the outside world, keeping your skin hydrated, producing new skin cells and determining your skin color.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the body’s largest organ, skin protects against germs, regulates body temperature and enables touch (tactile) sensations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Your skin is the organ that comes into contact with the rest of the world. It holds body fluids in, preventing dehydration (dee-hahy-DREY-shun), and keeps harmful microbes (MYE-krobs) out-without it, we would get infections. Your skin is full of nerve endings that help you feel things like heat, cold, and pain.

Detailed explanation-5: -The epidermis is the outer layer of your skin, and it plays an important role in protecting your body from things like infection, UV radiation, and losing important nutrients and water.