I am a Complementary Healthcare Practitioner based in Cornwall, UK. My specialisms include nutrition, massage and anatomy. I started writing for Helium about a year ago and now wish to start getting my articles published in magazines.

Sciences > Physiology Understanding skin, its roles and functions

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Human skin is incredible. It is the body's largest organ, covering just about every nook and cranny of our entire body. The skin has many functions, it is made up of many different parts and also has the amazing ability to regenerate and heal itself. Along with the hair, nails, sweat and sebaceous glands, it forms the integumentary system. This comes from the Latin for covering, integumentum.

There are five main functions of the integumentary system. The first, and possibly the most obvious, is protection. It covers up all of our internal organs, binding and protecting them fro...

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