The scale bar has a width of 20 micrometers, or 20 μm. (There are 1,000 micrometers in a millimeter.) Using the scale bar, about how wide is a human skin cell?
The width of human skin cell is 30 micrometers which is equals to 0.03 millimeters when converted from micrometers into millimeters. Human skin consist of three primary layers which contribute in the width of the skin cell. These layers are epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. This width of the skin cell is necessary in order to provide protection to the body against pathogens like bacteria and viruses etc.
