The answer is D. The ribs PROTECT the lungs and the heart. They allow you to move and they store minerals such as calcium. However it is the brain and the blood vessels that regulate the body temperature not the skeletal system.
C) it absorbs water hope that helps
Answer:
<u>Functions of epithelial tissue:</u>
- i. Epithelial tissue covers the body outside and lines the various cavities inside.
- ii. Epithelial tissue lines the hollow organs, body cavities, blood vessels and ducts.
- iii. Cells are rested on thin, doubled layered, non-cellular basement membrane.
- iv. Epithelial tissue has nerve supply of its own.
- v. Epithelial tissue is avascular (a = without, vascular = vessel), i.e. it lacks its own blood supply and hence, obtains nutrients which diffuse out of blood vessels.
- vi. Epithelial tissue has the power of division and regeneration. The old injured dead cells are sloughed off regularly and are replaced by new ones.
<span>Amniotic cavity is the term used for the sac which protects
an embryo from internal and external pressures. It contains the amniotic fluid which
serves as the cushion for guarding the developing embryo and the system to
which it is being fed on. It is a crucial part of pregnancy to be able to take
tests in diagnosing the fetus for possible defects and abnormalities and one of
the methods used is the amniocentesis wherein samples of the amniotic fluid are
sampled.</span>
