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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Type AB
Active Immunity
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Clots
2. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Tricuspid Valve
Immunosuppressing drugs
Thrombin
3. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Semilunar valves
Humoral Immunity
Capillaries
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
4. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Human Cardiovascular System
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Blood Vessels
Mitral Valve
5. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Arterioles
Sympathetic System
Root Pressure
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
6. Cells that are thick walled - often hollow cells located on the inside of the vascular bundle that carry water and minerals up the plant - and their thick walls give the plant its rigid support
Transpiration Pull
Granulocytes
Xylem
Thromboplastin
7. Cell-surface proteins that are macromolecules that are foreign to the host organism and trigger an immune response ex: ABO group and the Rh factor
Protozoans
Fibring
Gamma Globulin
Antigens
8. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Autonomic Nervous System
Closed Circulatory System
Root
Humoral Immunity
9. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Inflammatory Response
Systole
Fibring
Atrioventricular Valves
10. The period during which the ventricles contract
Systole
Cardiac Output
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Platelet Plug
11. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Transport Systems in Plants
Sympathetic System
Sapwood
Right Side of Heart
12. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Dorsal Vessel
Diastole
Antigens
Arthropods
13. Branches into a series of arteries
Atrioventricular Valves
Lymph
Aorta
Granulocytes
14. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Humoral Immunity
Human Cardiovascular System
Sympathetic System
Capillaries
15. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Capillary action
Xylem
Inflammatory Response
Macrophages
16. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Gamma Globulin
Arterioles
Pulmonary Arteries
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
17. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Functions of Circulatory System
Left Side of Heart
Dorsal Vessel
Pulmonary veins
18. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Type O
Pulmonary veins
Structure of a Woody Stem
Root Pressure
19. The driving force of the circulatory system
Heart
Blood Vessels
Right Side of Heart
Pith
20. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Lymph
Xylem
Immunosuppressing drugs
21. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Lymphocytes
Capillaries
Antibodies
Root Hairs
22. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Human Cardiovascular System
Stem
Lymphocytes
Root
23. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Annelids
Capillaries
Humoral Immunity
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
24. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Transport Systems in Plants
Adrenal Medulla
Pith
Leukocytes
25. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Plasma
Inflammatory Response
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Fibring
26. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Rh factor
Humoral Immunity
Cambium
Protozoans
27. Defined as the total volume of blood the left ventricle pumps out per minute = heart rate (number of BPM) x stroke volume (volume of blood pumped out of the left ventricle per contraction)
Antibodies
Cardiac Output
Arteries
Cambium
28. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Diastole
Macrophages
Capillary Walls
Fibrovascular Bundle
29. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Root Pressure
Vaccination
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
30. Fraction of the blood containing a wide variety of antibodies - that can be used to confer temporary protection against hepatitis and other diseases by passive immunity
Gamma Globulin
Fibring
Inflammatory Response
Humoral Immunity
31. Have open circulatory systems in which blood (interstitial fluid) is in direct contact with the body tissues -blood is circulated primarily by body movements
Arthropods
Protozoans
Cardiac Output
Arteries
32. Heterotrophic cells that generally consume other cells or food particles -movement of gases and nutrients is a ccomplished by simple diffusion within the cell
Aorta
Veins
Allergic reactions
Protozoans
33. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Ventricles
Lymphocytes
Capillaries
Clots
34. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Aorta
Transport Systems in Plants
Macrophages
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
35. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Heart
Mechanism and Control
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Plasma
36. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Pulmonary veins
Apical Meristem
Sinuses
Mechanism and Control
37. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Passive Immunity
Interferons
Sapwood
Clots
38. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Left Ventricle
Arteries
Transpiration Pull
Type AB
39. Run up and down the stem at the center and contains xylem - phloem - and cambium cells
Vascular Bundles
Functions of Circulatory System
Thrombin
Dorsal Vessel
40. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Aortic Loops
Lymph
Pores
AV bundle (bundle of His)
41. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Granulocytes
Passive Immunity
Apical Meristem
Leukocytes
42. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Cambium
Lymphocytes
Clots
Systole
43. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Rh factor
Meristem
Thromboplastin
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
44. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Functions of Circulatory System
Transpiration Pull
Cnidarians
Active Immunity
45. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Rh+ Fetus
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Macrophages
46. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Rh factor
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Fibrovascular Bundle
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
47. Secondary circulatory system distinct from the cardiovascular circulation - =vessels transport lymph to the cardiovascular system - thereby keeping fluid levels in the body constant
Atria
Systole
Lymphatic System
Ventricles
48. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Dorsal Vessel
Root Hairs
Functions of Circulatory System
Granulocytes
49. Excess interstitial fluid
Meristem
Lymph
Closed Circulatory System
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
50. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Interferons
Stem
Cambium
Skin