The science of skin - Emma Bryce
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Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. This is your skin, the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close to 1.7 square meters of ground. But besides keeping your organs in, what is its purpose? Emma Bryce takes us into the integumentary system to find out.
Before this lesson, had you ever thought of your skin as an immune organ? Now that you’ve learned a little more, try describing the features of the skin that protect us against threats from the outside world.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Emma Bryce
- Director Jeremy Jusay
- Producer Aaron Augenblick
- Animator Mimi Chiu
- Associate Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Fact-Checker Francisco Diez
