The skin : its structure and function

Duration: 0:21:02

Genre: Educational | Medical (Nonfiction)

Year Published: 1983

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates the importance of skin as an organ and its essential role in maintaining health and life functions. Uses micrographs, microphotography, cross-sections, and live action to examine the characteristics of each skin layer such as skin pigmentation, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands. Discusses skin problems and the importance of skin care., Uses animated diagrams and electron microscopic views to study the protective, insulating, sensory, and defensive roles of the skin. Discusses the characteristics of each skin layer, such as skin pigmentation, sweat glands, and sebraceous glands, as well as the hair and nails.

Complete Record: , Examines the structures and functions of skin with reproductions of scanning electron micrographs and animation. Some skin care and problems are discussed., Uses animated diagrams and electron microscopic views to study the protective, insulating, sensory, and defensive roles of the skin. Discusses the characteristics of each skin layer, such as skin pigmentation, sweat glands, and sebraceous glands, as well as the hair and nails.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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