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- Protect from abiotic factors
- Protect from biotic factors
- Regulate physiological processes
- Lightweighting: Scots pine
- Stretchable architecture resists breakage: bull kelp
- Bones self-heal: vertebrates
- Threads have hard flexible coating: mussel
- Two-phase composite tissues handle tension: pipevine
- Walls prevent collapse under tension: plants
- Pulled support stalks have low flow stress: algae
- Intricate silica architecture survives forces: diatoms
- Arterial walls resist stretch disproportionately: cephalopods
- Crystals and fibers provide strength, flexibility: bones
- Circular, tapering beams stabilize: plants
- Curved spine deals with tension: sloth
- Fluid pressure provides support: blue crab
- Pressure provides structural support: blackback land crab
- Resisting shearing forces: limpets
- Variable postures aid intertidal zone survival: sea palm
- Leaves resist gravitational loading: broad-leaved trees
- Byssus threads resist forces: blue mussel
- Silk used for various functions: spiders
- Teeth resist compression and tension: animals that chew
- Tentacles maintain tension as flow increases: marine polychaete worm
- Elastic ligament provides support, shock absorption: large grazing mammals
- Low-energy perching: mousebird
- Teeth are resilient: sea otter
- Granules prevent slippage: orb-weaver spiders
- Cells provide strength: wood
- Exoskeleton adjusts: insects
- Articulations give flexibility: coralline algae
- Guying used for stabilization: incense bamboo
- Nuclear lamina resists extreme strain: eukaryote cell
- Protein gives lifetime elasticity to tissues: human
- Silk is strong, stretchy: Darwin's bark spider
- Prehensile tail holds tight: seahorse
- Cells temporarily self-repair ruptures: ficus tree
- Composites provide strength: jumbo squid
- Matrix produces strong structural materials: flax
- Catch-bonds hold on tighter when pulled apart: salmonella
