Unit 2- Multi Organisms Flashcards
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How do we get new cells?
A
–> mitosis
2
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Why is mitosis
important?
A
–> to grow (increase number of cells)
–> repair damaged cells
–> replace dead cells
3
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What is a chromosome?
A
–> coiled up dna thread.
4
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Where are chromosomes found?
A
–> nucleus
5
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What is chromosome complements?
A
–> the whole set of chromosomes in the nucleus
–> different things have different amount of chromosomes pairs
–> human has 23 pairs (46 chromosomes)
6
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What is a haploid and diploid?
A
Haploid
–> 1 set of chromosomes.
(Half)
Dipoild
–> 2 sets of chromosomes.
(Double)
7
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How do cells have the same number of chromosomes after mitosis?
A
–> single strands become double before mitosis
8
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What are the parts in a double stranded chromosome?
A
–> Centromere
- small ball connecting
–> chromatide (1 and 2)
- the thread at top
9
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What are the stages of mitosis?
A
1) chromosomes become visible as threads
2) single chromosomes become double
3) chromosomes line up along the equator
4) spindle fibers pull apart chromosomes to opposite sides (poles)
5) membrane forms around both sets of chromosomes and cytoplasm starts to divide
6) 2 identical daughter cells are formed, the same as the mother cell, diopolid chromosomes are kept the same
10
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What can uncontrollable cell division do?
A
–> cause cancer
–> cause tumours
11
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Cell count formula?
A
Convert time.
÷ by 1 cell division
× by 2
12
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What is a specialised cell?
A
A cell without a specific function
13
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Speculation of cells?
A
–> cell
–> tissue
–> organ
–> system
14
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Hierarchy of the body
A
–> cell
–> tissue
–> organ
–> system
15
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What can stem cells do?
A
–> they can do mitosis
–> they can turn into specialised cells
16
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Ethical concerns of using embro stem cells?
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–> seen as a sort of destruction of life
17
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What is a stem cell?
A
–> cells without a job that can replace themselves and make themselves have jobs
18
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Where can we obtain human cells?
A
–> embryonic
–> tissue stem cells
19
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What does — stand for:
T
C
G
A
A
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
Adenine
20
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Complementary pairs?
A
T-A
C-G
21
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What is inside the nervous system?
A
–> central nervous system
–> other nerves
(peripheral nervous system)
22
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What is in the central nervous system?
A
–> Brian
–> spinal cord
23
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What does the central nervous system control?
A
–> receiving information from organs and responding to them
24
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What is the name of the nerve cells carried from the Brian to the organs?
A
–> neurons
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Name the parts of the Brian
--> cerebrum
--> cerebellum
--> medulla
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Function of cerebrum?
--> sensing
--> thinking
--> imagination
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Function of cerebellum?
--> controls balance
--> muscle coordination
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Function of medulla?
--> involuntarily things
--> breathing
--> heart rate
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Response to stimuli?
Can be a rapid action from a muscle or a slower response
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Types of neutrons?
--> sensory
--> inter
--> motor
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What is the inter neutron?
--> works in the central nervous system, takes information from senses that require responses
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What is a motor neutron?
--> enables a response to occur at an effector
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How does the central nervous system 2 forms of information transfer?
--> electrical impulse
--> chemical messenger
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What is electrical impulse?
--> carries messages along the neurons
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What is chemical messenge?
--> passes the message between neurons, at synapses
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What is the synapse?
--> The gap between 2 neutrons
--> electrical impulse hits end of the neuron and triggers releases a chemical
--> chemical is picked up by receptor and goes to the next neutron and so on
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What is a reflex response?
--> automatic actions
--> reflexes protect the human body from harm
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3 types of neurons that form a reflex arc?
--> sensory
--> inter
--> motor
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What is a sensory neuron?
--> carries electrical impulses from organs to the central nervous system
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What is a inter neutron?
--> carries electrical impulse from sensory neuron to the motor neutron
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What is a motor neutron?
--> carries electrical impulses from the central nervous system to muscle or gland
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Reflex arc steps?
--> Detected a stimuli
(sensory neuron)
--> chemical signals transfer at synapse
(Inter neurons)
--> detected nerve responses
(Motor neuron)
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Sequences of reflex arc
Stimuli
Receptors
Sensory neuron
Inter neuron
Motor neuron
Effectors
Response
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What are harmones?
--> signals in the body
--> usually slower but with a longer lasting response
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What are harmones made of?
--> proteins
--> act as chemical messengers
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Where do harmones release from?
--> Endocrine glands
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What is in the endocrine glands?
--> pancreas
--> ovaries
--> testes
--> pituitary
--> thyroid
--> adrenal
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Pituitary
harmone produced
Hormon effect
--> growth harmone
--> stimulates growth
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Thyroid
harmone produced
Hormon effect
--> thyroxin
--> controls metabolism
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Adrenal
harmone produced
Hormon effect
--> adrenaline
--> make you think fight of flight mode
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Pancreas
harmone produced
Hormon effect
--> insulin/ glucagon
--> controls blood suger levels
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Ovaries
harmone produced
Hormon effect
--> oestrogen
--> stimulates female sexual development
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Testes
harmone produced
Hormon effect
--> testosterone
--> stimulates male sexual development
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What is blood plasma
( glucose )
--> suger we break down for energy
--> to much suger or too little is bad for the body
--> 5 millimoles is normal
--> diabetes can have 30 millimoles
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What controls blood suger levels?
--> inulin that's in the pancreas
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Where is glycogen stored?
--> liver
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Controlling blood glucose steps?
Glucose
Inulin (in pancreas)
Glycogen (in Liver)
Glucagon (in the pancreas(
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What is diabetes?
--> a condition caused when the body cannot manage its blood glucose concentration
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How to indicate diabetes?
--> kidney releases suger so it goes in pee
--> urine tests can be used
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What are the 2 types of diabetes?
--> type 1 (happens in childhood can't make enough inulin, usually takes insulin doses)
--> type 2 (inulin resistance)
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What is reproduction?
Members of the same species make an offspring
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What is in the male reproduction system?
Penis
Sperm duct
Testes
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What is sperms?
--> has tail to swim
--> millions are made
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What are ova (egg cells)
--> food stored to provide energy
-->1 a month
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What's in the female sexual system ?
Ovaries
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What are sperm duct and testes?
--> Testes = balls
--> sperms duct = wire
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What is ovaries?
--> balls in female
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Steps in fertilisation?
1) eggs realsed
2) egg goes up to tunnel
3) sperms goes into egg fertilising it
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What is fertilisation?
The fusion of 2 nucleus of haploid sex cells
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Sexual reproduction in plants
They all look different but half the same basic structure
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What is pollen + where is it
--> male sex cell
--> made in anther
--> 2 wands
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What is a ovules + where is it
--> in flower, biggest ball
--> female sex cell
--> made in ovaries
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What is a stigma + style?
--> sticky part of plant for pollen grain to attack
--> stigma is middle wand top
Style
--> the stem of the stigma
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Causes of variations
--> inheritanced characteristics
--> environment characteristics
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What is inheritanced characteristic?
--> comes from parents
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What is environmental characteristics
--> come from food weather
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Types of variations?
--> discrete variations
--> continuous variations
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What is discrete variations ?
One gene controls that
Eg tongue rolling or not
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What is continuous variations?
Things that use more than (polygenic) 1 gene
Egg
Height that keeps growing
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Homozygous?
Genotypes containing 2 of the same allele
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Heterozygous?
Genotype containing 2 different allese
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Dominate gene?
--> stands as a capital letter
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What is genes?
--> short part of dna which codes for a protein
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What is a genotype?
The genes shown as letters
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What is a phenotype?
--> physical characteristic that are on the organism
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What is:
P
F¹
F²
--> parent generation
--> first generations of children
--> second generations of children
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What is a monohybrid cross?
We can use punnet square to predict how the kids will look like
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Can we always predict what offspring look like?
It's a random process, it's not always the same as what we think
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What does T stand for?
(Complementary pair)
Thymine
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What does A stand for?
(Complementary pair)
Adenine
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What does C stand for?
(Complementary pair)
Cytosine
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What does G stand for?
(Complementary pair)
Guanine
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What is a palisade mesophyll cell?
--> has chloroplast in it
--> helps with photosynthesis
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What is a spongy mesophyll cell?
--> makes gas exchange possible
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What is a epidermis?
--> transparent protective layer
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What's a guard cell?
Opens and closes stomata
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What is a stomata?
Pore for gas exchange?
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What is xylem?
Transportation of water
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What is phloem?
Transportation of suger
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Where is the epidermis?
Under the thin skin, the blocks
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Where are guard cells?
Near the entrance and exist of stomata. The gap
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Where is the spongy cell?
On top of guard cells
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Steps of transpiration?
1) water is taken through roots
2) water goes up tube vessels called xylem
3) water vapor goes through stomata this is called transpiration
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2 ways transpiration can be measured?
--> bubble potometer
--> weight potometer
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What is a bubble potometer?
Water uptake is calculated by measuring the distance of the bubbles have along the tub in a set time
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How to measure with a weight potometer?
Let's calculation of the weight of water lost per unit of time
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Factors that effect transpiration?
--> temperature
--> surface area of leaf
--> wind speed
--> humidity
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What is a zygote?
When egg and sperms merge to make baby, its diploid
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Components of blood?
--> plasma
--> red blood cells
--> white blood cells
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Types of white blood cells?
--> lymphocytes
--> phagocytes
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What is a pathogen?
A virus
Bacteria
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How does a phagocyte take care of a pathogen?
+ what does it look like?
--> digests the pathogen
--> litrealy eats them
+ like a normal cell
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How does a lymphocyte take care of pathogens?
+ appearance?
--> makes antibodies to kill it
--> litrealy makes minons to kill it
+ has lots of Y on its outside
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Red blood cells?
- shape?
- does it have a nucleus?
--> biconcave
--> no, to have more space for oxygen
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What is it called when red blood cells have oxygen and don't?
--> oxhaemogloblin
--> haemoglobin
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Capillaries?
-walls?
-function?
- entrance?
Thin walls
Large surface area
Allows exchange of materials with body cells
Large entrance
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Veins?
-walls?
-function?
-entrance?
Thin walls
Strong walls
Have vals to prevent blood going backwards
Wide entrance
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Artires?
-walls?
-function?
- entrance?
Thick strong wall
Narrow entrance
Carry high pressure blood away from the body
Narrow entrance
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Function of artiry?
Carry oxhaemoglobin away from the heart
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Function of veins?
Carry haemoglobin towards the heart
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Function of capillaries?
Allows exchange of materials
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Circulation of blood?
--> ours is double criculation
--> 1 full cycle = blood going in heart 2 times
--> right side haemoglobin
--> left side oxhaeglobin
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Why does left side of heart have more muscle than right side?
--> right side only gives blood to lungs
--> left side pumps blood through all rest of body
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Haemoglobin transport order?
1 vena cava
2 right atrium
3 right ventrial
4 pulmonary artry
5 THE LUNGS
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Oxhamoglobin transport order?
THE LUNGS
Pulmonary vein
Left atrium
Left verticle
Aorta
The body
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Absorption of materials?
--> food nutrition goes into the blood stream
--> waste is removed from the blood by cells
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Why is absorption good?
--> tissue capillaries networks allows exchange in materials
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To increase absorption?
--> larger surface area
--> thin walls
--> extensive blood supply
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What are the lungs for?
--> lungs are the organ for gas exchange
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What is the franchea?
Wind pipe
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What is a alveoli?
Inside the lung
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What do the lungs have alot of in them?
--> alveoil
133
What are oxygen and carbon absorbed through?
Thin aveoli walls
And
Capillaries
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What are in the small intestines?
+ what does it absorb?
--> villi
--> absorbs nutritions
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Vili structure?
(Small intestines)
Capillaries - the vein looking things inside of it
Lacteal - the middle stick thing
Lining - the outside cell things that look like a wall
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What do capillaries do in the small intestines?
--> absorb amino acids + glucose efficient
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What does the lining do?
(Vili)
--> absorbs nutritions quickly
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What does the lacteal do?
(Villi)
--> absorbs products of fatty acids + digestion
