... bond; a medium for chemical reactions, due to its properties as a solvent; the diffusion and osmosis of substances, e.g. gaseous exchange, which need to be moist as the exchange takes place in solution, therefore there is water in the lungs or in mesophyll cells (in plants) . It is also used on a much larger scale for transport. Blood is mostly water, and is used ... surrounds many internal organs to give protection and lubrication like the pleural fluid around the lungs, the pericardial fluid around the hear and the brain contains cerebro-spinal fluid. The aqueous and vitreous humours ...

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... bond; a medium for chemical reactions, due to its properties as a solvent; the diffusion and osmosis of substances, e.g. gaseous exchange, which need to be moist as the exchange takes place in solution, therefore there is water in the lungs or in mesophyll cells (in plants). It is also used on a much larger scale for transport. Blood is mostly water, and is used ... surrounds many internal organs to give protection and lubrication like the pleural fluid around the lungs, the pericardial fluid around the hear and the brain contains cerebro-spinal fluid. The aqueous and vitreous humours o...

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