Skin and Wound Healing
Your skin is the largest organ of your body. It is also one of the most important. It is composed of many layers of skin cells.
New skin cells are generated on the inside of the skin as old skin cells on the outside die and shed. In this way, your skin is constantly renewing itself from the inside.
Contained within the layers of the skin cells are:
- Network of blood vessels that nourish the skin cells, the structures that grow like hair
- A web of nerves that sense temperature, pressure and pain
- Glands which secrete oils and sweat
- Cover and protect you from infection
- Enclose and control the fluids within you
- Control the temperature of your body
- Secrete fluids like sweat to cool you and oils to lubricate your skin
- Sense pain, temperature, texture, etc.