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clear fluid produced in the choroid plexus of the ventricles of the brain. It is found in the brain and spinal cord. 

bacterial agent that causes Chlamydia infection in cats

organelles, found in plant cells, which contain chlorophyll (green pigment). They are the sites of photosynthesis.

two identical chromosomes, joined together by a centromere, formed during the interphase of the cell cycle

material within the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell which consists of DNA and histone proteins

thread-like structure made up of DNA and histones, containing a series of genes, found in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell

A drug that increases the rate of cardiac contraction

fatty liquid absorbed from the small intestine by lymphatic capillaries known as lacteals

lymphatic fluid in the pleural cavity