The skin has many structures and functions.

• Understanding and seeing the basics of the skin's structure and its components is important.
• The surface of the skin is a rough microscopic surface. This Electron Microscopy (EM) video shows what it looks like. The EM process uses electrons instead of light to see what is present.
• Conditions
  • The skin grows moles, birth marks, age spots and warts are the common skin disorders covered in this animation.
  • The sun, sunburns and skin tanning are the center of this animation of damaged skin and its reactions.
• Hair
  • Hair color and structure are shown and explained in this video.
• Blood flow through the dermis.
  • Blood circulation through the dermis provides nutrients while removing metabolic wastes from skin tissues.
• Impared blood through the skin or any other ogran usually causes problems. See what this impared blood flow looks link if you were inside a blood vessel with sickle cell anemia.
• The skin sweats for many reasons. See an animation that explains the basics of this process.

• Inflammation of the skin is common. Think of the many skin problems your have had: itching, bumps, redness and painful skin conditions. Here are two animations that show what this process looks like.

1. Inflammatory process with audio
2. Inflammatory process with audio