Problem
A. Describe skin, including the general shape of skin, the location of skin, and identify what organ system it belongs to in the human body.
B. Describe in detail the importance of the skin to the function of the body as a whole.
C. What are the functions of skin?
D. Describe the major functions of the organ system that skin belongs to.
E. How does skin contribute to homeostasis?
F. Identify and describe which of the four tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscle, and/or nervous tissues) are present in skin
G. Describe at least three cell types that are present in skin. Your description should address whether these cell types have any special structures (e.g., presence of microvilli and/or abundance of particular organelle such as mitochondria) and how they contribute to the overall function of skin
H. Explain how the tissue and/or cell types in skin work together to aid in the function of skin.
I. Discuss what might happen if skin was made of a different tissue type and if it was made of only one type of cell. How would homeostasis be compromised if this happened?