Cytoprotection: protection of a cell against harm or harmful agents by chemicals or biologicals. Source: CRISP. Cytoprotection: The process by which chemical compounds provide protection to cells against harmful agents.
A: Sweat glands and fatty layers in the skin help to regulate body temperature in mammals. When the outside temperature is high, sweat glands release bodily fluids combined with salt to keep the body temperature from getting too high.
The integumentary system (the skin) is involved in protecting the body from invading microbes (mainly by forming a thick impenetrable layer), regulating body temperature through sweating and vasodilation/vasoconstriction, or shivering and piloerection (goose bumps), and regulating ion balances in the blood.