, INTRODUCTION
• The skin is the outer covering of the body.
• Skin is an organ.
• A health skin indicates a healthy body.
, LAYER OF SKIN
1. EPIDERMIS
2. DERMIS
, STRUCTURE OF SKIN - EPIDERMIS
✓ The surface epithelium of skin is
epidermis.
✓ The various appendages of skin, viz.
sweat glands, sebaceous glands,
hair and nails.