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SCIENCLY2U
Integumentary System
HUMAN TAXONOMY:
Living Things > Animalia > Chordata > Mammal > Primates > Homindae > Homo > Sapian
Bionomal Nomenclature:
homo sapiens = same thinking
integumentary system:
It covers and protects the body & helps to get rid of waste.
Epidermis:
The outer layer of skin.
dermis:
The thick lower layer of skin beneath the epidermis.
c1500 The earliest known medical text Ebers Papyrus is written in Egypt.
c460 BC - c370 bc i Hippocrates lived, he was a greek physician and is known as the father of western medicine.
keratin:
The protective waterproof protein in the epidermis of an animal.
200 Ad Galen describes the workings of the human body, which remains unchallenged until 1500.
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