What are the two most important organ systems for the maintenance of homeostasis?
a. the lymphatic and circulatory systems
b. the nervous and endocrine systems
c. the endocrine and circulatory systems
d. the lymphatic and circulatory systems
Ans: b. the nervous and endocrine systems
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