Which of the following is not a function of the skin?

Which of the following is not a function of the skin?

a. Protection

b. Preventing dehydration

c. Helping regulate temperature

d. Synthesizing vitamin C

Answer: d. Synthesizing vitamin C

This was established that one of the organs in the body or human beings particularly the skin is unable to produce or synthesize vitamin C or ascorbic acid. Skin has the following important roles: Skin is like shield that shields the body from the physical and ultraviolet radiation, pathogens, and mechanical injuries (Option a). It also has the important function of avoiding excessive loss of water from the body or dehydration that is; (option b). I also agree with the statement that skin serves as a protection layer since it undergoes a process of sweating and regulating blood flow (option c). But one thing remained constant that human beings are among the few mammals that cannot synthesize Vitamin C and therefore it remains a model that human beings must include foods rich in Vitamin C or can better take supplements. It is in truth synthesized in plant tissue and other parts of other living organism and not from the skin of man.