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Directions: Answer the following.
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1. A person with a darker complexion is more protected from UV rays compared to a person with fair complexion. Explain.
- An SPF of 2 means the doubling of protection of the skin against sunburn. Dark skin, which contains more eumelanin than fair skin is better protected against UV-induced damage, and eumelanin is thought to be superior to pheomelanin in its photoprotective properties. / Darker skin tones have more melanin than lighter ones, meaning they're better protected from the sun. But melanin isn't immune to all UV rays, so there's still some risk. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found black people were the least likely to get sunburned.
2. How does the skin protect the organs that are inside the body?
- It is a stable but flexible outer covering that acts as barrier, protecting your body from harmful things in the outside world such as moisture, the cold and sun rays, as well as germs and toxic substances.
3. What are the differences between sweat glands and oil glands?
- Regarding their product, skin glands are classified into glands secreting sebum (sebaceous glands) and sweat (sweat glands). Sebaceous glands are holocrine glands, and sweat glands (both eccrine and apocrine ones) are merocrine glands.
4. Why is a person with oily skin is more prone to pimples than a person with dry skin?
- The amount of sebum produced by the sebaceous glands in skin controls the efficacy of the skin's barrier function. And as a result, the condition of skin. The overproduction of sebum can lead to oily acne-prone skin, while low sebum production causes dry skin.
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