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physical structure of a living creature

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Your body is the physical structure made up of all your parts—bones, muscles, organs, and skin—that work together to keep you alive. It matters because your body is how you interact with the world around you, experience sensations, and carry out all the activities that make up your life.

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A body (Latin: corpus) is the physical material of an organism. It is only used for organisms which are in one part or whole. There are organisms which change from single cells to whole organisms: for example, slime molds. For them the term 'body' would mean the multicellular stage. Other uses:

Plant body: plants are modular, with modules being created by meristems and the body generally consisting of both the shoot system and the root system, with the body's development being influenced by its environment.

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