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What the Skin Does

Your skin is your largest organ, and it's a multitasker. Beyond covering you, it does five big jobs. Tap each one.

Protection

Functions of skinfive jobs at once

The five jobs

📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
What the Skin Does reference figure
What the Skin Does — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)