Functions of the hair include

Excretion

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Protection

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Secretion

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Absorption

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Solution

The correct option is B
Protection

The functions of hair include protection, regulation of body temperature, and facilitation of evaporation of perspiration; hairs also act as sense organs. Hairs develop in the fetus as epidermal down growths that invade the underlying dermis.

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