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- It is the medium of transporting substances from one part of the body to another e.g. oxygen, because, blood cells, nutrients, waste matter, hormones and enzymes
- It distributes heat generated by metabolism, keeping the body at the temperature necessary for all body functions (37 C)
- It keeps lining membranes of organs moist like pleura, bronchi, joints and eye.
- It dissolves food during digestive forms secretions for enzymes and assists absorption
- Its ability to dissolve substances enable chemicals to mix readily with one another so that hydrolysis takes place
- It is necessary for the removal of waste from the body e.g. urea is cooled by perspiration which takes heat from the skin for its evaporation.
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