There's even a very rare genetic disease called Cutis laxa, which is caused by an elastin gene mutation and results in skin tissue lacking any elasticity. Patients with this condition have skin that hangs loosely from birth, meaning that by the age of 20 they have the skin of a 60-year...
Organisms: Describe the life functions organism need to perform, give an example of an organ system and how it works to maintain homeostasis and/or metabolic functions; explain how the nervous and/or hormonal systems coordinate and control the other body What is the hypodermis? What are the...