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- 1. Cells responsible for the color of skin, hair, and eyes
- 6. The outer layer made up of approximately 15–20 layers of dead cells.
- 8. Immune cells found throughout the skin and epithelial layers
- 10. The body’s response of shivering when core temperature drops.
- 12. Sweat gland responsible for odor and stimulated by hormones.
- 15. The process of absorption into the skin.
- 18. Major sweat gland that secretes water and salt.
- 19. Blood vessels dilate, or widen, to allow heat to evaporate.
- 20. The skin is a vital part of the sense of ________.
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- 2. Essential for proper immune response and skin strength
- 3. Removes dead skin and stimulates new cell growth
- 4. Complex mixture of fatty substances secreted by the sebaceous glands.
- 5. Shedding, peeling, or coming off in scales of the stratum corneum
- 7. Chemical conversion of living cells into dead protein cells.
- 9. The skin function that allows essential substances to enter the skin.
- 11. The first phase of wound healing.
- 13. Receptors responsible for sensing pressure, vibrations, movement, and texture.
- 14. Another name for heat regulation.
- 16. The skin function that includes the skin barrier, cell formation, wound healing, and immune response
- 17. Blood vessels constrict, or narrow, to keep heat near essential organs.