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... capillaries ( b ) Amphibians , most reptiles lung capillaries ( which has picked up oxygen from the lungs or gills ) and deoxygenated blood ( which , in passing through body tissues , has lost oxygen ) . The hearts of fishes , the first ...
... capillaries ( b ) Amphibians , most reptiles lung capillaries ( which has picked up oxygen from the lungs or gills ) and deoxygenated blood ( which , in passing through body tissues , has lost oxygen ) . The hearts of fishes , the first ...
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... capillaries . FIGURE 28-19 Lymph capillary structure Lymph capillaries end blindly in the body tissues , where pressure from the accumula- tion of interstitial fluid forces the fluid into the lymph capillaries as well as into the ve ...
... capillaries . FIGURE 28-19 Lymph capillary structure Lymph capillaries end blindly in the body tissues , where pressure from the accumula- tion of interstitial fluid forces the fluid into the lymph capillaries as well as into the ve ...
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... capillaries and lymph vessels . ( d ) If we use a microscope to zoom in on one villus , we see that the epithelial cells on its surface are sheathed in plasma membranes with yet another level of microscopic projections , microvilli ...
... capillaries and lymph vessels . ( d ) If we use a microscope to zoom in on one villus , we see that the epithelial cells on its surface are sheathed in plasma membranes with yet another level of microscopic projections , microvilli ...
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Why Preserve Biodiversity? | 14 |
CASE STUDY REVISITED Life on Earthand Elsewhere? | 16 |
UNIT ONE THE LIFE OF A CELL | 19 |
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