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Beauty is only skin deep!
The average human body is covered with 20 square feet of skin. This amount of skin weighs about 6 pounds. The skin is composed of two layers. The outer layer is the epidermis and the inner layer is the dermis. The epidermis layer is being replaced continuously. New cells are produced in the stratum basale. These cells mature and are pushed to the surface by the newer cells that are continuously produced. The entire epidermis is replaced about every 27 days. The lower layer of skin, the dermis, contains nerve endings, sweat glands, hair follicles, and blood vessels. The upper portion of the dermal layer has small projections called ‘papillae.’ The papillae extend into the epidermis. The capillaries in the papillae deliver oxygen and nutrients to the epidermis and aid in temperature regulation.
Fingerprints are formed by the visible patterns of the ridges and grooves of the papillae. These ridges are also visible on the skin of the toes, soles of the feet, and palms. The study of the skin ridge patterns of these areas is called dermatoglyphics. The patterns are used as a basis of identification. Francis Galton was the first to classify fingerprints in the late 1800′s. His basic ideas were further developed by Sir Edward Henry. In 1901 in England, Sir Henry established the first fingerprint bureau with Scotland Yard. The patterns also have some diagnostic value. Certain patterns are associated with chromosomal abnormalities.
What about goose-bumps? The puckering of the skin that forms the ‘goose bumps’ is the result of the contraction of muscle fibers in the skin. This muscular activity will produce heat and aid to raise the body temperature.
Source: The Handy Science Answer Book = Visible Ink
Quotations on Beauty
Would you see true beauty? Look at the pious man or woman in whom spirit dominates matter; watch him when he prays, when a ray of the divine beauty glows upon him when his prayer is ended; you will see the beauty of God shining in his face. -Girolamo Savonarola, 28th sermon on Ezekiel, circa 1489
Beauty is a fruit which we look at without trying to seize it. – Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace
Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness. What ails us is that our sense of beauty is so bruised and blunted, we miss all the best. – D. H. Lawrence Assorted Articles
I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas? – Jean Kerr
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. – Miss Piggy
People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves. – Salma Hayek
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity. – Ruby Dee
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