water vascular system


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water vascular system

[′wȯd·ər ′vas·kyə·lər ‚sis·təm]
(invertebrate zoology)
An internal closed system of reservoirs and ducts containing a watery fluid, found only in echinoderms.
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The organization of the entire water vascular system is shown in Figure 3, and a more detailed representation of the complex madreporite-axial structure in Figure 4.
The ring canal, like the other canals of the water vascular system, is lined with squamous cells surrounded by an elastic membrane, fibrous connective tissue, and a few muscle cells [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 13, 14 OMITTED].
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