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- ____ gland: an organ in skin that makes sebum, a greasy material which keeps the skin
- soft and slimy and zitty.
- A special protein that makes up hair and nails.
- What comes out of your pores to keep you cool.
- No, watching it won't cause zits. But it might make you more self-conscious about having
- zits.
- No, picky, picky, picky. Picking at a zit can cause a permanent ____.
- Another word for "to be jealous of". If you have acne, you may ____ other people who
- have clear skin.
- Your deep skin that you can't see, where the sweat glands, the hair roots, and new skin
- hang out.
- ____ fat: sub means "under" and cutaneous means "skin," so this is the slab of fat under
- the layers of skin.
- Teenage boys get more acne than girls. That's because the chemical testosterone,
- which turns boys into ____, also causes the oil glands to squirt.
- A special material that helps to make skin, bone, and other body stuff both strong and
- flexible.
- If you don't have any pimples, you have ____ skin.
- Another word for "pimple".
- Another word for "zit".
- Special cells in the epidermis which make the pigment melanin, which gives your skin
- color.
- Erector ____ muscle: a really long and fancy name for muscles that make your hair
- stand on end when you are cold or scared. Basically, you get goosebumps.
- ____'s Ending: a nerve ending in the dermis which senses light pressure on your skin.
- One zit is a pimple. A bunch of zits is ____.
- The top layer of skin that you see. It is made of dead and dying skin cells, and is only
- 20 cells thick.
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