Question
Name and explain two physical barriers that provide innate immunity in humans.
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Answer
- Skin acts as a barrier and prevents the entry of microbes.
- Mucus coating of the epithelial lining of the respiratory gastrointestinal and urinogenital tracts help in trapping the microbes that enter our body.
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