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vascular system Specialized tissues for transporting þuids and nutrients in plants; also plays a role in supporting the plant; one of the four main tissue systems in plants.
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vascular system The total of the tissues that function in the conduction of water and food by means of xylem and phloem in the plant body.
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vascular system B blood circulation system
viruses - obligate intracellular parasites that require the host cell's biochemical machinery to drive protein synthesis and metabolize sugars.
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vascular system. The system of plant tissues that conducts water, mineral nutrients, and products of photosynthesis through the plant, consisting of the xylem and phloem.
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vascular system
1. in animals the blood circulatory system and the water vascular system in echinoderms that manipulate the tube feet. 2. in plants the tissue that serves to conduct water throughout plants.
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Cardiovascular system: the blood circulation with heart, arteries and veins
Digestive system: processing food with mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestines.
Endocrine system: communicating within the body using hormones ...
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water vascular system
A network of hydraulic canals unique to echinoderms that branches into extensions called tube feet, which function in locomotion, feeding, and gas exchange.
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Filtration is movement of water and solute molecules across the cell membrane due to hydrostatic pressure generated by the cardiovascular system. Depending on the size of the membrane pores, only solutes of a certain size may pass through it.
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Each becomes connected by the xylem and phloem to the vascular system of the plant. The photo below on the left shows a developing lateral root on a pea root.
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porous plate leading to the watervascular system of certain echinoderms, such as starfish
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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tube feet -- Extensions of the water-vascular system of echinoderms, protruding from the body and often ending in suckers. May be used for locomotion and/or for maintaining a tight grip on prey or on the bottom.
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But as we define it, we define an incredibly important set of components that are going to give us deep insight into how the immune system works, the nervous systems works, and how the cardiovascular system works.
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A general argument will be presented augmented by detailed analyses of the mammalian circulatory and plant vascular systems, for which complete quantitative descriptions can be derived.
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phenotypic changes in the fetal vasculature, resulting in alterations in the L-arginine/NO signalling pathway and regulation of [Ca2+]i. These alterations may have significant implications for long-term programming of the fetal cardiovascular system.
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transpiration Passage of water from the roots of a plant to the atmosphere via the vascular system and the stomata of the leaves. transporters Proteins that span a membrane and transport specific molecules across the membrane.
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