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The integumentary system is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, exocrine glands, and sensory nerves. What helps to protect the body from UV radiation by preventing sunlight from reaching the skin, and also insulates the body by trapping warm air around the skin?

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Hair helps to shelter the body from UV radiation

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Hair helps to shelter the body from UV radiation by averting sunlight from the skin so it won't hurt, damage, and/or strike the skin. Hair also insulates the body by keeping warm air around the skin.

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