Integumentary System

The integumentary system is a system of organs that includes the skin, hair, nails and exocrine glands. Although the human body skin is only a few millimeters thick, it is the largest organ on the body. Many people often don’t think of the skin as an organ. For the average person, the body’s skin weighs 10 pounds, as the surface it covers is nearly 20 square feet. The skin is…