MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -The skin is the largest organ of your body. It acts as a barrier between invaders (pathogens) and your body. Skin forms a waterproof mechanical barrier. Microorganisms that live all over your skin can’t get through your skin unless it’s broken.

Detailed explanation-2: -The immune system is a complex network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against infection, whilst protecting the body’s own cells. The immune system keeps a record of every germ (microbe) it has ever defeated so it can recognise and destroy the microbe quickly if it enters the body again.

Detailed explanation-3: -External defense systems include your skin, tears, mucus, saliva, stomach acid, cilia (small hairs) and helpful bacteria in your bowel. Your skin provides a physical block to stop bacteria and viruses from finding their way straight into your blood.

Detailed explanation-4: -The skin is the largest organ in the body. It has long been known as the primary physical barrier between an organism and its environment, but since the early 1980s the skin has been recognized as an active immune organ with its own skin-associated immune system.