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What’s The Largest Organ in the Human Body?

The answer may surprise you, it’s your skin! Skin forms a protective layer over the body to help prevent injury and disease, keeps moisture in the body, regulates the body temperature, produces vitamin D, and excretes waste. Looking at skin through a magnifying glass or jeweler’s loop is a terrific way to see the […]

Cartilage vs. Bones

Bones make up the skeletal system. They are living, and they protect the body’s internal organs, support the body, make blood cells, store minerals, and provide a place for muscles to attach. Inside bones is a substance called marrow. It’s a thick fluid that makes blood cells that help the body fight off infection, […]

What Does Your Skin Do For You?

Skin is an organ. In fact, it is the largest organ of the human body. Skin forms a protective layer over the body to help prevent injury and disease, keeps moisture in the body, regulates the body temperature, produces vitamin D, and excretes waste.

Looking at skin through a magnifying glass or jeweler’s loop is […]