What are the five main functions carried out by the skin?
The skin's functions include: 1) acting as a covering for the body that prevents disease-related organisms and harmful substances form entering the body as well as excess amounts of water from leaving the body, 2) acting as a mechanism for the excretion of nitrogenous wastes through the production of sweat, 3) acting as a storage place for certain nutrients, 4) acting as a mechanism in the body's ability to thermoregulate itself, and 5) acting as an instrument of sensory reception, receiving stimuli from the outside environment.
