Based on the information given, it can be determined that the patient has skin damage in the epidermis, as well as in the dermis. The epidermis has specialized cells that act as a barrier to the physical and biological environment. When the patient was burned this caused an opening in the barrier the epidermis created. With that, when the opening was created the heat was able to reach the Merkel cell which is a part of the epidermis layer of skin. The Merkel cells are touch receptors which are associated with the sensory nerve endings. Furthermore, the next skin layer that was damaged was the dermis which helps with maintaining body temperature. When the patient was burned their body temperature rose and the nervous system signaled the sweat
