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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. The driving force of the circulatory system
Xylem
Arteries
Stem
Heart
2. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Antigens
Aortic Loops
Mechanism and Control
Platelet Plug
3. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Left Side of Heart
Histamine
Aorta
Sapwood
4. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Vascular Bundles
Capillaries
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Thrombin
5. Branches into a series of arteries
Human Cardiovascular System
Dorsal Vessel
Aorta
Left Ventricle
6. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Sinuses
Ventricles
Parasympathetic system
Clots
7. 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
Active Immunity
Macrophages
Inflammatory Response
Gamma Globulin
8. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Secrum
Dorsal Vessel
Cambium
Thrombin
9. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Pith
Dorsal Vessel
Clots
Parasympathetic system
10. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Annelids
Secrum
Clots
11. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Leukocytes
Macrophages
Lymphocytes
Plasma
12. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Active Immunity
Dorsal Vessel
Root
AV bundle (bundle of His)
13. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Type AB
Atria
Aortic Loops
14. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Mechanism and Control
Systole
Pores
Vaccination
15. Systole and diastole - which together make a heartbeat
Tricuspid Valve
Pulmonary veins
Contraction Phases
Root Hairs
16. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Meristem
Diastole
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Cambium
17. A small mass of specialized tissue located in the wall of the right atrium regulates/originates an ordinary cardiac contraction -spreads impulses through both atria - stimulating them to contract simultaneously
Platelet Plug
Thromboplastin
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Lymphocytes
18. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Transport Systems in Plants
Sinuses
Cambium
Rh+ Fetus
19. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Human Cardiovascular System
Immunosuppressing drugs
Arteries
Fibring
20. Located between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart - prevent backflow of blood into the atria
Structure of a Woody Stem
Root Pressure
Atrioventricular Valves
Antibodies
21. Lying between the phloem and xylem - is a type of meristem called lateral meristem that provides for lateral growth of the stem by adding to the phloem or xylem
Macrophages
Cambium
Macrophages
Inflammatory Response
22. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Right Side of Heart
Adrenal Medulla
Platelet Plug
Pith
23. Epidermis (outer-bark) - cortex - phloem - cambium - xylem - and pith
Pulmonary Arteries
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Thromboplastin
Structure of a Woody Stem
24. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Plasma
Macrophages
Dorsal Vessel
Active Immunity
25. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Autonomic Nervous System
Pulmonary veins
Aorta
Fibring
26. The period during which the ventricles contract
Capillary action
Left Side of Heart
Systole
Platelet Plug
27. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Contraction Phases
Arteries
Type O
Oxyhemoglobin
28. Responsible for both of these immune mechanisms
Ventricles
Leukocytes
Lymphocytes
Histamine
29. Fetal red blood cells (which will have the Rh factor) enter maternal circulation during birth which cause the anti-Rh antibodies she produced when sensitized by the first birth may cross the placenta and destroy fetal red blood cells
Rh+ Fetus
Clots
Pulmonary Arteries
Heart
30. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Annelids
Cambium
Veins
Thromboplastin
31. Run up and down the stem at the center and contains xylem - phloem - and cambium cells
Vascular Bundles
Semilunar valves
Pores
Sympathetic System
32. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Arterioles
Capillaries
Fibrovascular Bundle
Antigens
33. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Fibrovascular Bundle
Lymph
Blood Vessels
Macrophages
34. Inappropriate response to certain foods and pollen that cause the body to form antibodies and release histamine
Inflammatory Response
Allergic reactions
Systole
Secrum
35. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Meristem
Semilunar valves
Arthropods
Protozoans
36. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Pith
Secrum
Stem
37. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Pith
Left Side of Heart
Thrombin
38. 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
Xylem
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Protozoans
Plasma
39. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Rh+ Fetus
Humoral Immunity
Transport Systems in Plants
40. Have three cusps and are located between the left ventricle and the aorta and between the right ventricle and the pumonary artery (the pulmonic valve)
Transport Systems in Plants
Annelids
Sapwood
Semilunar valves
41. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Immune System
Transpiration Pull
Vaccination
Lymph nodes
42. Secondary circulatory system distinct from the cardiovascular circulation - =vessels transport lymph to the cardiovascular system - thereby keeping fluid levels in the body constant
Lymphatic System
Xylem
Meristem
Aorta
43. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Adrenal Medulla
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Diastole
44. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Type AB
Granulocytes
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Fibring
45. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Functions of Circulatory System
Human Cardiovascular System
Tricuspid Valve
Cnidarians
46. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Dorsal Vessel
Aorta
Type O
Left Ventricle
47. Heterotrophic cells that generally consume other cells or food particles -movement of gases and nutrients is a ccomplished by simple diffusion within the cell
Pulmonary Arteries
Skin
Root
Protozoans
48. Phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Rh factor
Leukocytes
Capillaries
Inflammatory Response
49. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Mechanism and Control
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Tricuspid Valve
Granulocytes
50. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Rh factor
Inflammatory Response
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Cardiac Output