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What is the function of an arthropod's hardened exoskeleton?
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What is the function of an arthropod's hardened exoskeleton?

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The exoskeleton will have thickened areas in which the chitin is reinforced or stiffened by materials such as minerals or hardened proteins.
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To protect their soft body.
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