HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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30, 000-40, 000
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50, 000-70, 000
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80, 000-90, 000
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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: -Your skin constantly sheds dead cells, about 30, 000 to 40, 000 cells every minute! That’s nearly 9 lbs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Our body constantly sheds dead skin cells; almost 500 million a day, to be exact. 1 So, the top layer of skin you’re looking at now will be dust in a month’s time.
Detailed explanation-4: -During a 24-hour period, you can lose up to 5 billion skin cells (that’s nine zeros!)-about 200 million every hour. Your epidermis (the top layer of your skin) is continuously working to replace these lost skin cells with new ones. In fact, 95 percent of the cells in your epidermis work to make these new skin cells.