Second, the governing board of directors was established with representatives from all affected constituencies: consumers, providers, employers, regulators, and industry experts. URAC is one of the fastest growing health care accreditation agencies in the world. It will continue to develop new standards for the health care system and revise existing ones to promote national standards and to ensure that all stakeholders, including consumers and providers, are protected.
pollen-the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant. microspore-smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte.
Gymnosperms. Gymnosperms are one of the two groups of seed plants. The flowering plants (angiosperms), are the other. In going from mosses and ferns to the seed plants, we see a very significant difference in plant life cycles. In mosses and ferns the propagating units for new individuals are spores.In the seed plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms, the propagating units for new individuals are seeds. Spores are single, haploid cells, and develop into gametophytes.Seeds, in contrast, are complex structures that contain an immature sporophyte, the embryo.n mosses and ferns the propagating units for new individuals are spores. In the seed plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms, the propagating units for new individuals are seeds. Spores are single, haploid cells, and develop into gametophytes.