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The skin is permeable to organic solvents, such as acetone or turpentine, because they ________.

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can dissolve the lipid bilayers of epidermal and dermal cell plasma membranes

The skin is permeable to organic solvents, such as acetone or turpentine, because they can dissolve the lipid bilayers of epidermal and dermal cell plasma membranes.

Step-by-step explanation;

-Human skin has a low permeability; that is, most foreign substances are unable to penetrate and diffuse through the skin. Skin's outermost layer, the stratum corneum, is an effective barrier to most inorganic nanosized particles

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Answer;

can dissolve the lipid bilayers of epidermal and dermal cell plasma membranes

The skin is permeable to organic solvents, such as acetone or turpentine, because they can dissolve the lipid bilayers of epidermal and dermal cell plasma membranes.

Step-by-step explanation;

-Human skin has a low permeability; that is, most foreign substances are unable to penetrate and diffuse through the skin. Skin's outermost layer, the stratum corneum, is an effective barrier to most inorganic nanosized particles

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Answer;

can dissolve the lipid bilayers of epidermal and dermal cell plasma membranes

The skin is permeable to organic solvents, such as acetone or turpentine, because they can dissolve the lipid bilayers of epidermal and dermal cell plasma membranes.

Step-by-step explanation;

-Human skin has a low permeability; that is, most foreign substances are unable to penetrate and diffuse through the skin. Skin's outermost layer, the stratum corneum, is an effective barrier to most inorganic nanosized particles

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