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June 08, 2022
THE HUMAN SKIN
THE HUMAN SKIN: The human skin is one of the largest organs that make up the human body and the outer housing of the entire body with varying thickness in different body parts. With it's thickness varying in size from the soles of feet to the membranes of the conjunctival sac in the eyes, skin remains the first organ to protect us from the invading microbes and therefore acting as the body's first line of defense or part of the body barriers to invading microbes. With a multilayered structure and strength, the skin is able to cover the entire human body and naturally protects the rest of the body tissues. In our next discussions here, we shall be referring to this complex body organ as the integumentary system and the conditions affecting it, as Dermatological conditions, while the drugs used to treat it as dermatological agents. But skin does not come alone, with it, comes several other structures that are visible with a naked eye including the nails of the feet and fingers, hair, and then microscopic other structures such as sebaceous glands and hair follicles. In my previous discussions I have tried to look at some of the conditions that affect the skin and below is a list of some of them;
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Anatomy and Physiology
Godfrey Kateregga as the author and administrator of this page, is a Ugandan youth male Graduate from Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Western Uganda. He is a medical scientist with over half a decade in instructing medical students and, interested in sharing medical information and medical informatics plus ICT, widely experienced in training Adults with special needs.
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