Health Chapter 5

Health is important for you

Your Outer Skin

• The lower cells in the epidermis are alive and they keep making new cells which push the old ones upward.

The color of skin

• The lower part of the epidermis contains pigment or coloring matter which gives your skin its color.

The purpose of color

• Skin is one of God’s special ways of caring for people. When you are in a place and it is hot it gives off ultraviolet rays.

Your Real Skin

• This layer of skin is called the dermis which contains connective tissue, blood vessels, nerve endings.

The root of the hair

• Hair grows on most parts of your body except in the palms of your hand and on the soles of your feet. The live cells or root of each hair grow in something called a hair follicle.

Curly or straight hair

• The texture and curliness of your hair are determined by the shape of the hair follicles.

The color of hair

• The color of your is determined by the pigment that is deposited in new hair cells before they grow out of a follicle.

Your skin at work

• The dermis contains sebaceous glands which are connected to the hair follicles.