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    The skin has two main layers, the epidermis and dermis, and performs important protective, sensory, and regulatory functions for the body. It protects against wounds and cuts, regulates body temperature through sweat and hair, and allows us to sense our environment using nerve cells. The body maintains a normal temperature around 98 degrees F through the hypothalamus in the brain, which triggers sweat glands and muscles to cool the body through sweating when it gets too hot and causes shivering when cold. Our skin contains various receptors that help us detect pain, temperature, pressure, and other sensations to understand and interact with our surroundings.

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    The skin has two main layers, the epidermis and dermis, and performs important protective, sensory, and regulatory functions for the body. It protects against wounds and cuts, regulates body temperature through sweat and hair, and allows us to sense our environment using nerve cells. The body maintains a normal temperature around 98 degrees F through the hypothalamus in the brain, which triggers sweat glands and muscles to cool the body through sweating when it gets too hot and causes shivering when cold. Our skin contains various receptors that help us detect pain, temperature, pressure, and other sensations to understand and interact with our surroundings.

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    Integumentarylabreport

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    The skin has two main layers, the epidermis and dermis, and performs important protective, sensory, and regulatory functions for the body. It protects against wounds and cuts, regulates body temperature through sweat and hair, and allows us to sense our environment using nerve cells. The body maintains a normal temperature around 98 degrees F through the hypothalamus in the brain, which triggers sweat glands and muscles to cool the body through sweating when it gets too hot and causes shivering when cold. Our skin contains various receptors that help us detect pain, temperature, pressure, and other sensations to understand and interact with our surroundings.

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    FunctionofSkin
    Theskinisthelargestorganinyourbodyandithastwolayers,theepidermis
    andthedermis.Underneaththedermisliesthehypodermiswhichisthesubcutaneous
    fattytissue.Theskinismeanttoprotect,senseandregulation.Itprotectsthebodyfrom
    woundsandcuts.Itregulatesthebodythroughsweat,hairandvitamins.Thenerve
    cellsintheskinallowsyoutosensethingsorfeelobjects.

    Ournormalbodytemperatureisataround98F.Wecontrolourbody
    temperaturethroughhypothalamus.Whichistheprocessingcenterinthebrainthat
    controlsthebodytemperature.Ittriggerschangestoeffectorssuchassweatglands
    andmusclescontrollingbodyhair.Skinregulatesthebodytemperaturethroughblood
    vesselsthroughsweatingandshivering.Whenyouaretoohotyousweatandwhenyou
    aretoocoldyoushiver.

    Ourreceptorsareallaroundskinandbody.Thereceptorsaroundourbodyhelp
    usdetectpain,smell,taste,temperatureandlight.Themostcommonarefreenerve
    endingswhicharetheonesthatdetectpain.OtherreceptorsincludeMerkeldiscsand
    MeissnerCorpuscles,theydetectlight.Paciniancorpusclessensedeeppressureand
    vibration.

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