General Biology 2

Quarter 2 – Module 2.2:

Compare and Contrast Processes in
Plants and Animals: Transport and
Circulation
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 General Biology 2
Quarter 2 – Module 2.2:
Compare and Contrast Processes in
Plants and Animals: Transport and
Circulation
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the General Biology 2 – Grade 12 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

Module on Compare and Contrast Processes in Plants and Animals: Gas Exchange!

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 What I Need to Know

This module is designed for you to learn about the comparison of the different
processes that take place in plants and animals. You will study, discover and explore
about how processes such as gas exchange occurs inside the body of plants and
animals. In this module, you will also have to reflect on the plant and animal organ
systems responsible for respiration.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Compare and contrast the following processes in plants and animals:

reproduction, development, nutrition, gas exchange,
transport/circulation, regulation of body fluids, chemical and nervous
control, immune systems, and sensory and motor mechanisms
(STEM_BIO11/12-IVa-h-1).

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 What I Know

TRUE or FALSE. Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE
if it is incorrect.

1. Plants transport and conduct important materials such as water,

minerals, nutrients, and food through vascular bundles.
2. Plants have more complex transport system than animals.
3. Plants take water and minerals from the soil through the roots and
conduct it to stems and finally to the leaves.
4. The xylem tissues transport food up and down of the plant body.
5. The human circulatory system is composed of the heart, blood, and
blood vessels.
6. The blood is the main organ of circulation.
7. The aorta is the largest vein in the human body.
8. The capillaries are the smallest blood vessels.
9. The red blood cells carry oxygen to the cells.
10. Humans have four-chambered heart.

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 Lesson

1 Transport and Circulation

Multicellular organisms possess millions of cells in their body. Every cell needs a
constant supply of essential substances like nutrients and oxygen to maintain life
and survival. Food is the only source of energy and every cell gets its energy by the
breakdown of glucose. The cells utilize this energy and govern various vital activities
of life.

Have you ever wondered how water and nutrients absorbed by the root are
transported to the leaves? How is the food prepared by the leaves carried to the other
parts of the plant? Do you know how water reaches the top of tall plants in spite of
not having a circulatory system like animals? Water absorbed by the roots have to
reach entire plant and the food synthesized by the leaves have to be distributed to
all parts of the plant. To understand this we need to recall the anatomy of the plants.

Transport means to carry things from one place to another. Have you ever wondered
how the useful substances are conveyed to other cells while toxic substances are
removed in animals? These questions that we have in mind will be answered as we
navigate and explore this module.

What’s In

Previously on module 2.1, you have learned about how gas exchange occurs in
plants and animals. By way of review and relating it to the next topic, answer the
following questions briefly.

1. What is the role of carbon dioxide in the plants? Which structure is

used by plants for gas exchange?
_____________________________________________________________________
2. Which gas enters the lungs and is necessary to be distributed
throughout our cells? In which process does this gas is required?
_____________________________________________________________________
3. How does gas exchange associate with circulation?
_____________________________________________________________________

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 Notes to the Teacher
This module aims to familiarize the students with the comparison
of the process of transport and circulation in plants and animals.
Point out the different organs included in transport and
circulation. Transport systems in plants and animals vary.

What’s New

Hi there! Below is a puzzle about transport and circulation in plants and

animals. There are 15 words associated with plant and animal transport systems
inside the grid. Find these words. Look for them in all directions including vertically,
horizontally, diagonally and backwards. Use the hints provided below the puzzle.

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For plants:

1. The conducting organ of the plant

2. Pipe-like vessels that transport water and nutrients from the soil
3. The vascular tissue that conducts food to all parts of the plant
4. The vascular tissue for the transport of water and nutrients in the plant

For animals:

5. Largest artery in the body

6. Liquid portion of the blood
7. Transport oxygenated blood
8. Conducts deoxygenated blood
9. Pumps the blood out of the heart
10. Receives the blood into the heart
11. Smallest blood vessel in the body
12. Prevents the blood from flowing back
13. The dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart
14. A muscular organ which pumps blood through the blood vessels
15. A body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary
substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports
metabolic waste products away from the cells.

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 What is It

Plants have simpler structures than animals. Plants do have two systems
only. The shoot and root systems. On the other hand, animals have a more complex
body with few to several organ systems.

In the transportation of substances, plants take water and minerals from the
soil through the roots and conduct it to the leaves. The leaves prepare food for the
plant, using water and carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. Food is the source of
energy and every cell of an organism gets energy by the breakdown of glucose. The
cells use this energy to carry out vital activities of life. Therefore, food must be made
available to every cell of an organism. Have you ever wondered how water and
nutrients absorbed by the root are transported to the leaves? How is the food
prepared by the leaves carried to the parts which cannot make food?

Plant Transport

Recall the functions of xylem and phloem from Biology 1. Plant transport
involves: (1) absorption of water through the roots and (2) up and down movement
of substances in phloem.

1. Absorption of water plus

macronutrients and
micronutrients through the root
system is possible by diffusion.
Root hairs increase the surface
area for transport. Water
molecules pass through the
epidermis, cortex, endodermis and
pericycle, then they move upwards
by means of xylem vessels.

2. Phloem cells conduct substances such as products of photosynthesis,

water, and other compounds up and down the plant body. Phloem tissues
are adjacent to companion cells that give them support and nourishment.
These are (A) Ascent of xylem sap and (B) Pressure flow or bulk flow.

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 A. Ascent of xylem sap is explained as
a “push” from below by the water
molecules gushing upwards through
xylem vessels. It can also be
described as “pull” from above by a
combination of transpiration
(evaporation of water from the plant
body) and cohesion of water
molecules through hydrogen bonds.
B. Pressure flow or bulk flow maintains
that in the plant there is a source cell
and a sink cell. A “source” cell is
where photosynthesis occurs, and a
“sink” cell is where the nutrients are
needed. Leaf cells are definitely
source cells. Sucrose and other
substances accumulate in the source
and due to high concentration, they
flow down or up where they are
needed. Sink cells are growing parts
of plants - buds, flowers, fruits or
even root tips. In this way, phloem
tissues carry materials down and up.
Xylem lies adjacent to phloem tissues and water may easily diffuse
from xylem to phloem. Materials transported up and down the plant
body by a combination of actions of phloem and xylem cells.

Animal Circulation

Not all animals have circulatory system. These include the least
complex forms of animals such as sponges, cnidarians, and flatworms. But
how do these animals circulate oxygen and nutrients?

Sponges do not have a nervous, digestive, or circulatory system. They

rely on keeping up a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food
and oxygen and to remove wastes.

Cnidarians also do not have a circulatory system simply because it is

not needed; all cells are in contact with the water, which contains oxygen and
nutrients. This is different from sponges because Cnidarian species do not
have pores. Instead the cells take in the oxygen directly from the water in
contact with them. The cells undertake a process of diffusion to transport the
oxygen, nutrients, and waste in and out of the organism. Cnidarians have

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extensive digestive tracks which are responsible for the transportation of
nutrients to the cells.

In flatworms, there are no veins, lymph nodes, or arteries. Therefore,

circulatory system is also not present. Instead, because they are fairly small
in size and are so flat, flatworms are able to breathe through their skin, which
is really just integument, a moist outer covering. This 'breathing' allows the
animal to exchange oxygen with the outside, bringing it into the animal and
then allowing it to be used wherever needed. There is no need for a special
circulatory system as a human has because the flatworm doesn't breathe with
lungs and doesn't need to transport oxygen around its body. The flatworm
simply diffuses oxygen via its skin. This occurs wherever it may need the
oxygen.

Animal circulatory system in vertebrates like humans consists of the

heart, blood, and blood vessels. The heart is the main organ of circulation.
The heart evolved through time from one animal to another. Fish, for example
have one atrium and one ventricle. Amphibians have two atria and one
common ventricle where oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mix. In
mammals and birds, there is a complete separation of the four chambers of
the heart by a tissue, called septum.

The Heart

The human heart

is approximately the size
of a closed fist and is
located in the pericardial
cavity. Its outer surface
is lined by the visceral
pericardium
(epicardium). This organ
generates blood pressure
and is responsible for
regulating blood supply
to tissues. The heart is a
muscular pump
consisting of four
chambers: the right and
left atria, and the right
and left ventricles.

The atria of the

heart receive blood from
the veins. The atria function primarily as reservoirs, where the blood

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returning from veins is collected before it enters the ventricles. The right
atrium collects deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava and inferior
vena cava while the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary
vein. The two atria are separated from each other by a partition called
interatrial septum. On the other hand, the ventricles of the heart are its
major pumping chambers. They eject blood into the arteries and force it to
flow through the circulatory system. The right ventricle pumps blood into the
pulmonary trunk, which then pumps the blood into the aorta. The ventricles
are separated from each other by the muscular interventricular septum.

The atrioventricular valves are located between the right atrium and the
right ventricle and between the left atrium and the left ventricle. The AV valve
between the right atrium and right ventricle has three cusps and is called
tricuspid valve. The AV valve between the left atrium and left ventricle has
two cusps and is called the bicuspid valve or mitral (resembling bishop’s
mitral) valve. These valves allow blood to flow from the atria into the ventricles
but prevent it from flowing back into the atria. When the ventricles relax, the
higher pressure in the atria forces the AV valves to open, and blood flows from
the atria into the ventricles. In contrast, when the ventricles contract, blood
flows toward the atria and causes the AV valves to close.
The Blood

The blood is a
connective tissue
consisting of liquid
plasma and formed
elements. The total
blood volume in an
average adult is
approximately 5 L.
Blood transports
gases, nutrients,
waste products,
processed molecules,
and regulatory
molecules. It is
involved with temperature regulation and protects against foreign substances,
such as microorganisms and toxins. Blood clotting prevents fluid and cell
loss and is part of tissue repair.

The formed elements are cells (red blood cells and white blood cells) and
cell fragments (platelets). These formed cells arise in red bone marrow from
stem cells. The red blood cells or erythrocytes are disc-liked cells containing
hemoglobin, which transports oxygen and carbon dioxide. The white blood

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cells or leukocytes protect the body against microorganisms and remove
dead cells and debris. Platelets or thrombocytes are cell fragments involved
with preventing blood loss.

The Blood Vessels

The circulatory system can be divided into the pulmonary vessels and
the systemic vessels. The circulatory system carries blood, exchange
nutrients, waste products, and gases. It transports hormones, regulates blood
pressure and directs blood flow. The heart pumps blood through elastic
arteries, muscular arteries, and arterioles to the capillaries. Blood returns to
the heart from capillaries through venules, small veins, medium-sized veins
and large veins.

Large elastic arteries carry blood from the small arteries with a little
decrease in pressure. They undergo vasodilation and vasoconstriction to
control blood flow to different regions of the body. Most of the arteries carry
oxygen-rich blood except pulmonary artery. The largest artery is the aorta.
Arterioles, the smallest arteries supply blood to the capillaries. Nutrient and
waste exchange is the principal function of the capillaries.

Veins, except pulmonary vein, deliver oxygen-poor blood back to the

heart. The two largest veins in the body are the superior vena cava, which
carries blood from the upper body directly to the right atrium of the heart,
and the inferior vena cava, which carries blood from the lower body directly
to the right atrium.

Animal circulatory systems may take one of the two forms (open and
close).

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Open Circulatory System

Open circulatory systems are systems where blood, rather than being
sealed tight in arteries and veins, suffuses the body and may be directly open
to the environment at places such as the digestive tract.

Open circulatory systems use hemolymph instead of blood. This

“hemolymph” performs the functions of blood, lymph, and intestinal fluid –
which are three different, highly specialized fluids in animals with closed
circulatory systems.

Instead of a complex and closed system of veins and arteries, organisms

with open circulatory systems have a “hemocoel.” This is a central body cavity
found inside most invertebrate animals where both digestive and circulatory
functions are performed. This hemocoel may have “arteries” through which
the blood can reach tissues – but these arteries are not closed and do not
circulate blood as quickly as closed, muscle-assisted arteries.

Within the hemocoel, hemolymph directly absorbs nutrients from food

and oxygen from the lungs or breathing pores. It also contains immune cells
– but hemolymph does not have red blood cells like our own. Instead of using
hemoglobin to carry oxygen, organisms with open circulatory systems use
blue or yellow-green pigments to carry oxygen throughout the body.

Many animals that use open circulatory systems do have a heart – but
the heart only pumps hemolymph to different cavities in the hemocoel. From
these branches of the central body cavity, blood and the oxygen and nutrients
it contains must penetrate the tissues and then return to the heart without
the help of highly specialized pathways or muscle-assisted arteries like
vertebrates possess.

Open circulatory systems are used by arthropods and most mollusks.

This is one or several reasons why there are no giant insects; open circulatory
systems are less efficient than closed circulatory systems and cannot move
oxygen efficiently enough to power large bodies.

Closed Circulatory System

Vertebrates, and a few invertebrates, have a closed circulatory system.

Closed circulatory systems (evolved in echinoderms and vertebrates) have the
blood closed at all times within vessels of different size and wall thickness. In
this type of system, blood is pumped by a heart through vessels, and does not
normally fill body cavities. Blood flow is not sluggish. Hemoglobin causes
vertebrate blood to turn red in the presence of oxygen; but more importantly
hemoglobin molecules in blood cells transport oxygen. The human closed
circulatory system is sometimes called the cardiovascular system. A

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secondary circulatory system, the lymphatic circulation, collects fluid and
cells and returns them to the cardiovascular system.

Animals No Circulatory With Open With Closed

System Circulatory Circulatory
System System
Sponges ✔
Cnidarians ✔
Flatworms ✔
Insects ✔
Clams ✔
Snails ✔
Octopuses ✔
Fishes ✔
Amphibians ✔
Reptiles ✔
Birds ✔
Mammals ✔

Pulmonary Circulation

The pulmonary circulation moves blood to and from the lungs. The
pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs, and
pulmonary veins carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium of
the heart. The main purpose of this circulation of the blood to and from the
lungs is to load the blood with oxygen.

Systemic Circulation

The systemic circulation provides the functional blood supply to all

body tissues. It carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells and picks up carbon
dioxide and waste products. Systemic circulation carries oxygenated blood
from the left ventricle, through the arteries, to the capillaries in the tissues of
the body. From the tissue capillaries, the deoxygenated blood returns through
a system of veins to the right atrium of the heart.

Coronary Circulation

The coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the blood

vessels that supply the heart muscle (myocardium). Coronary
arteries supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle, and cardiac veins drain
away the blood once it has been deoxygenated.

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 What’s More

Complete the process of the blood flow through the heart by filling in the missing
terms in the diagram below.

Superior and Right Pulmonary

(1) Tricuspid (2)
inferior vena
valve ventricle artery
cava

Coronary
sinus

(3)
(7)

Body Tissues
(6)
(Systemic
Circulation)

Coronary Aortic Left Pulmonary

(5) (4)
Arteries Semilunar
Atrium veins
valve

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 What I Have Learned

Learning to compare and contrast how processes such

as transport and circulation in plants and animals is a great
experience! I can now understand how transport systems
differ in plants and animals. I have recalled that plants
transport materials through (1.) ______________ and (2.)
______________. While most of the animals, particularly
vertebrates have circulatory system consists of (3.)
______________, (4.) _______________ and (5.) ______________.

I have learned from this module that animal circulatory

systems may take one of the two forms, (6.) _________________ and (7.)
____________________. Animals particularly mammals like humans, circulate the
blood through the heart via (8.) _________________, (9.) ___________________ and (10.)
____________________.

Our body is indeed amazing! Organisms such as plants and animals, though
share common things still differ in so many ways. And for us to continuously live,
our body is performing at its best to maintain its balance and good condition! And
what is more outstanding is how people with great scientific skills have developed
ways on how to create instruments and methods that will enable us to further study
and investigate how amazingly our body works. I ___________________________________
(write/state your name), do solemnly pledge that I will only do good and responsible
science for my society specifically in determining the similarities and differences in
plants and animal processes.

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 What I Can Do

High blood pressure or hypertension represents a major burden in many parts

of the world.

Even with a high prevalence rate, unfortunately, in the Philippines, less than half of
those afflicted with the disease are aware that they have it.

The disease is also the leading preventable cause of premature deaths

worldwide, afflicting an estimated 1.13 billion people in 2015, and contributing to
7.5 million deaths each year.

Hypertension is also the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, with
51 percent of the stroke cases and 45 percent of ischemic heart disease (IHD) cases
attributed to it. In the Philippines, a study shows that deaths and burden of disease
attributable to hypertension significantly grew over the last three decades —
hypertension death rate increased from 11 percent in 1990 to 21 percent in 2017,
while hypertension-related disabilities rose from 4 percent to 11 percent.
Hypertension prevalence among Filipino adults is projected to remain stagnant using
long-term historical trend (1993 to 2015). With the consistent prevalence rate,
projected number of Filipino adults with hypertension is expected to grow almost
double in the year 2050.

In your point of view as a senior high school STEM student, is it important

that we should be conscious of our health? How will you raise an awareness on the
seriousness of this disease called hypertension? Explain your answer using the
concepts that you have learned from this module.

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 Assessment

Let’s see how well you have appreciated the topic on transport and
circulation in plants and animals. Choose the letter that corresponds to your
answer.

1. Which of the following is not an organ of the circulatory system?

a. Heart c. Blood
b. Lungs d. Blood vessels
2. Vasodilation is
a. Vessels under the skin expand c. Muscles expand
b. Vessels under the skin shrink d. Muscles shrink
3. What will happen if there are no platelets in the blood?
a. Bleeding will not stop
b. The body’s immunity will drop
c. Oxygen will not be distributed in cells
d. The body will not be able to fight infection
4. Which contains oxygenated blood?
a. Pulmonary artery c. Right Ventricle
b. Left Ventricle d. Venules
5. Which contains deoxygenated blood?
a. Left Ventricle c. Pulmonary artery
b. Pulmonary vein d. Aorta
6. Which is not a function of the blood?
a. Carries waste product away c.Controls temperature
b. Delivers oxygen and nutrients to the cells d. Produces acids
7. What tissue used to separate the chambers of the heart?
a. Hexum c. Septum
b. Octum d. Pentum
8. Which circulation delivers oxygenated blood throughout the body?
a. Systemic circulation c. Coronary circulation
b. Pulmonary circulation d. Bodily circulation
9. What gives red blood cells their color?
a. Plasma c. Hemoglobin
b. Oxygen d. Iron
10. Which of the following blood vessels carry oxygenated blood?
a. Superior vena cava c. Pulmonary artery
b. Inferior vena cava d. Aorta
11. Water is transported from roots to shoots and leaves in
a. Xylem c. Phloem
b. Stomata d. Chlorophyll

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12. Which plant vascular tissue conducts food?
a. Xylem c. Cadmium
b. Phloem d. Meristem
13. Which process in plants is explained as a “push” from below by the
water molecules gushing upwards through xylem vessels?
a. Ascent of xylem sap c. Bulk flow
b. Ascent of phloem sap d. Pressure flow
14. The surface area for absorption and transport is increased by
a. Root hairs c. Phloem
b. Xylem d. Pericycle
15. Which describes pressure or bulk flow?
a. Sucrose and other substances accumulate in the source and due to
high concentration they flow down or up where they are needed.
b. Water molecules pass through the epidermis, cortex, endodermis
and pericycle, then they move upwards by means of xylem vessels.
c. A “push” from below by the water molecules gushing upwards
through xylem vessels.
d. A “pull” from above by a combination of transpiration (evaporation
of water from the plant body) and cohesion of water molecules
through hydrogen bonds.

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 Additional Activities

We’re almost done in this learning journey. Good job! There’s just one more thing to
do! Let us see how much you have learned. Answer the following questions based on
your understanding of the topic presented to you in this module.

1. A patient with iron deficiency anemia experiences shortness of breath,

weakness and has a pale skin. Explain why anemic people experience
and share the same symptoms.
2. A pacemaker is a small device that is placed in the chest or abdomen
to help control abnormal heart rhythms. This device uses electrical
pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a normal rate. Who are the
patients greatly in need of this procedure of having pacemaker built in
their chest? And why?

RUBRIC FOR SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS

Criteria 4 3 2 1
Answer • Clearly answered all • Answered all parts of • Answered some • Attempted to
parts of the question the question in parts of the answer part of the
in complete complete sentences, question, but left question, but
sentences but the answer may other parts answer is unclear
not be clear incomplete and is not in
complete sentence
Cite • Cited evidence for all • Cited evidence for • May have cited • Did not cite
parts of their answer some parts of the evidence for part of evidence from the
directly from the text answer directly from the answer text in any part of
the text • Most parts of the the answer
• Some parts of the answer do not have
answer do not have evidence from the
evidence text
Explain/ • Explained all parts of • Explained most parts • Explained some • Did not explain or
Expand the answer in clear of the answer in clear parts of the answer, expand upon the
terms terms but most of the answer
• Expanded the idea • Some parts of the answer does not
beyond simply answers are left have an explanation
answering the unexplained
question

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Assessment: What Have I Learned
1. B 1. Xylem
2. A 2. Phloem
3. A 3. Heart
4. B 4. Blood
5. C 5. Blood vessels
6. D 6. Open circulatory system
7. C 7. Closed circulatory system
8. A 8. Pulmonary circulation
9. C 9. Systemic circulation
10. D 10. Coronary circulation
11. A
12. B
13. A What Can I Do:
14. A
15. A
Students’ answers may vary.
Additional Activities:
1. Students’ answers may vary.
2. Students’ answers may vary.
What I Know:
What’s New: 1. True
2. False
1. Stem
3. True
2. Vascular tissue
4. False
3. Phloem
5. True
4. Xylem
6. False
5. Aorta
7. False
6. Plasma
8. True
7. Artery
9. True
8. Vein
10. True
9. Ventricle
10. Atrium
11. Capillary
12. Valve
13. Septum What’s In:
14. Heart
15. Blood 1. Suggested response: Carbon dioxide
is one of the raw materials in
photosynthesis. Stomata is used for
What’s More: gas exchange.
1. Right atrium 2. Suggested response: Oxygen enters
2. Pulmonary semilunar valve the lungs. It is needed in cellular
3. Lung tissues (pulmonary circulation) respiration.
4. Bicuspid valve 3. Suggested response: Oxygen is
5. Left ventricle transported to the cells and carbon
6. Aorta dioxide is removed from the cells
7. Heart tissues (coronary circulation) through the blood.
Answer Key
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