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• Mineral uptake — In plants, mineral uptake is the process in which minerals enter the cellular material, typically following the same pathway as water. The most normal entrance portal for mineral uptake is through plant roots.(Roots, 2005) Some mineral ions… …   Wikipedia

• Uptake — may refer to: *Diffusion (business), the acceptance or adoption of a new product or idea. *Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism. (see digestion) **Mineral uptake, by plants …   Wikipedia

• Mineral wool — close up. Mineral wool under micr …   Wikipedia

• uptake — The absorption by a tissue of some substance, food material, mineral, etc., and its permanent or temporary retention. * * * up·take əp .tāk n an act or instance of absorbing and incorporating something esp. into a living organism, tissue, or cell …   Medical dictionary

• Dietary mineral — Dietary minerals (also known as mineral nutrients) are the chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen present in common organic molecules. Examples of mineral elements… …   Wikipedia

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• Arbuscular mycorrhiza — An arbuscular mycorrhiza (plural mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas) is a type of mycorrhiza in which the fungus penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant.Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AMs) are characterized by the formation of unique… …   Wikipedia

• Aeroponics — is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium. Aeroponic culture differs from both hydroponics and in vitro (Plant tissue culture) growing. Unlike hydroponics, which uses water as a… …   Wikipedia

• bryophyte — bryophytic /bruy euh fit ik/, adj. /bruy euh fuyt /, n. Bot. any of the Bryophyta, a phylum of nonvascular plants comprising the true mosses and liverworts. [1875 80; < NL Bryophyta name of the group; see BRYO , PHYTE] * * * Any of the green,… …   Universalium

• Hypertrophic osteodystrophy — (HOD) is a bone disease in young large and giant breed dogs. It may occur between the ages of 2 and 7 months.cite book|author=Thrall, Donald E.|title=Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology|edition=2nd ed.|publisher=W.B. Saunders Company|year …   Wikipedia

• endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …   Universalium