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Alveoli
Air sac in the lung which increases the surface area
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Artery
Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
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Atria
Upper chamber of the heart (singular - atrium)
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Capillary
Small blood vessels that carry blood close to all cells in the body. They link arterioles and venules
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Diffusion distance
Distance over which a molecule diffuses
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Double circulatory system
A system in which blood travels through the heart twice in each circuit of the body
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Exchange surface
An area where materials are interchanged
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Heart
Muscular organ which pumps blood around the body
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Lumen
The open channel within a tube
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Phloem
Tissue that transports dissolved sugar around a plant
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Potometer
Apparatus used to measure rate of water uptake in a plant
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Semipermeable membrane
A membrane which only allows certain molecules to pass through it
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Stomata
Small openings (pores) in a plant’s epidermis used to exchange gases (singular - stoma)
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Translocation
Movement of sugars from the leaf to stores in the roots, or to growing areas of a olant
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Transpiration
Loss of water form the leaves of a plant
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Transpiration stream
The flow of water through a plant caused by the loss of water from a plant’s leaves
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Valve
Structure that controls the direction of flow
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Vein
Blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart
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Ventricle
Lower chamber of the heart
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Villi
Finger-like projections on the intestine wall, which increase the surface area
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Xylem
Tissue that transports water around a plant
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