NTERGUMENTARY

SYSTEM

Structures in
skin

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Corneum

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Functions of
Intergumentary
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control
energy
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Trivia or
Interesting
Fact about Skin

Our Skin Continually

Sheds Cells
Your skin drops up to 30,000 to 40,000
dead skin cells each minute of the
daytime. Thats up to 4kg of skin for
every year!

Skin on your lips

The skin on your mouth is 200 times
more responsive than your
fingertips.

Hair Fall.
Our head shed about 50-100 strands
of hair everyday.