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Chitin: Found in the exoskeleton of insects

                          Chitin forms the exoskeleton of   Chitin is used to make a strong
                                                                and
The structure of chitin.  arthropods.
                                                            flexible surgical thread that
                          This cicada is molting, shedding      decomposes

                          its old                           after the wound or incision heals.

                          exoskeleton and emerging in
                              adult form.

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