Sentences with phrase «transfusion tissue»

Structures within leaves called transfusion tissue are surprisingly large in giant sequoia leaves and seem to promote water flow through the leaf.

Leaves in the upper crown are more succulent than leaves in the lower crown in part because they contain more transfusion tissue.

While it's common for tall conifers to have transfusion tissue in upper crown leaves, the cross-sections of upper crown giant sequoia leaves measured in this study have three times more transfusion tissue than the leaves of the giant sequoia's super-tall relative, Sequoia sempervirens, the coast redwood.

What's more, according to Chin and Sillett, the transfusion tissue also accumulates heat and drives transpiration.

The giant sequoia's transfusion tissue effectively «stretches across» most of a leaf's width.

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Generally speaking, the American public is well accustomed to the concept of tissue and organ transplantation, as stories of life - saving heart and kidney transplants, or American Red Cross blood drives collecting blood and platelets for transfusions have become commonplace.

Most commonly, patients receive transfusions of red blood cells, the component of blood that shuttles oxygen to tissues throughout the body.

The research suggests there are more people infected in lymphoid tissues, who may never develop the disease but could still infect others via blood transfusions or organ donations

In pathological conditions, MSCs migrate preferentially into lymphoid organs, allografts, injured and / or inflammatory tissue sites after systemic transfusion, where they interact with the activated immune cells and modulate their function 51, 52.

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