INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM
INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM MISCELLENOUS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Though you can’t see it happening, every minute of the day we lose about 30, 000 to 40, 000 dead skin cells off the surface of our skin. So just in the time it took you to read this far, you’ve probably lost about 40, 000 cells. That’s almost 9 pounds (4 kilograms) of cells every year!
Detailed explanation-2: -The skin is composed of approximately 300 million skin cells. Every half square inch of the human skin has approximately 100 sweat glands, 10 hairs, 15 sebaceous glands, and 3.2 feet of tiny blood vessels.
Detailed explanation-3: -Every minute you shed about 30, 000 to 40, 000 dead skin cells from your body. Your body does shed about 30, 000 to 40, 000 dead skin cells from your body. That can total up to about 40 pounds of skin in your lifetime. The integumentary system only consists of your skin.