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Identify and describe the 3 types of barriers the skin forms:
a.
b.
c

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Answer:

Maintaining the balance of fluids in the body. Binding in moisture when necessary and preventing moisture loss.

Regulating body temperature: it insulates our body, conserves heat in cold conditions and perspires to cool the body down when it gets hot.

Sensing pressure and pain: absorbing shock and alerting us to danger.

Guarding the whole body from external aggressors.

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