the vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
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phloem
Vascular plant tissue consisting of living cells arranged into elongated tubes that transport sugar and other organic nutrients throughout the plant.
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DNA
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix
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deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose
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prokarytes
single celled organism with no organized nucleus
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eukaryates
a organism made up of cell's that have a nucleus enclosed by membrane eukaryotic include protists, animals, plants and fungi but not archaea or bacter...
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left ventricle
lower left heart chamber (think opposite left and right)
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right ventricle
lower right heart chamber
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left atrium
the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins
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right atrium
the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus
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vein
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (blue)
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artery
a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
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capillaries
the smallest blood vessels which connect the smallest arteries with the smallest veins. Nourishment and fluid noramlly trapped in thick walled arterie...
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heart
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs
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respiratory system
the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide