Year 6. Unit 2. Sensitivity and the sense organs: The skin

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• The three layers of the skin are the epidermis, the dermis and the hypodermis.
• The receptors are sensitive to pressure, pain and temperature.
• Hair goes through every layer of the skin.
• The sweat gland is connected to a pore (also to a nerve or nerves).
• The receptors send the information to the brain through the nerves.