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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Located between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart - prevent backflow of blood into the atria
Human Cardiovascular System
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Atrioventricular Valves
Tricuspid Valve
2. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Blood Vessels
Tricuspid Valve
Macrophages
Left Ventricle
3. Released by injured cells - which causes blood vessels to dilate - thereby increasing blood flow to the damaged region
Histamine
Dorsal Vessel
Lymphocytes
Antibodies
4. Valve on the left side of the heart that has two cusps
Sapwood
Dorsal Vessel
Humoral Immunity
Mitral Valve
5. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Type O
Tricuspid Valve
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Antibodies
6. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Pulmonary veins
Annelids
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Autonomic Nervous System
7. 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)
Vaccination
Semilunar valves
Annelids
Sinoatrial (SA) node
8. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Root Pressure
Left Ventricle
Platelets
Macrophages
9. Fluid left after blood clotting
Rh factor
Immunosuppressing drugs
Contraction Phases
Secrum
10. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Fibring
Gamma Globulin
Transpiration Pull
Platelets
11. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Immune System
Active Immunity
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Mechanism and Control
12. Epidermis (outer-bark) - cortex - phloem - cambium - xylem - and pith
Systole
Structure of a Woody Stem
Pith
Heart
13. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Plasma
Fibrovascular Bundle
Type O
Thromboplastin
14. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Arthropods
Cardiac Output
Left Ventricle
Meristem
15. Run up and down the stem at the center and contains xylem - phloem - and cambium cells
Blood Vessels
Diastole
Vascular Bundles
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
16. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Thromboplastin
Cambium
Leukocytes
17. Thick-walled - muscular - elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
Arteries
Atrioventricular Valves
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Immune System
18. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Plasma
Interferons
Humoral Immunity
19. Systole and diastole - which together make a heartbeat
Contraction Phases
Aorta
Mechanism and Control
Root Pressure
20. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Inflammatory Response
Transport Systems in Plants
Oxyhemoglobin
Antibodies
21. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Arteries
Dorsal Vessel
Skin
Fibrovascular Bundle
22. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Pith
Type O
Lymph
Antibodies
23. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Plasma
Veins
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Transpiration Pull
24. Functions to absorb materials through the root hairs and anchor the plant -provide storage for energy reserves
Macrophages
Thromboplastin
Sapwood
Root
25. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Gamma Globulin
Pores
Autonomic Nervous System
Type O
26. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Capillaries
Stem
Veins
Humoral Immunity
27. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Lymphocytes
Platelets
Pulmonary veins
Fibring
28. Excess interstitial fluid
Lymph
Antibodies
Pith
Aorta
29. 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
Fibring
Phloem
Cambium
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
30. When platelets come into contact with the exposed collagen of a damaged vessel - they release a chemical chemical that causes neighboring platelets to adherer to one another
Arterioles
Platelet Plug
Plasma
Gamma Globulin
31. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Pores
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Functions of Circulatory System
Inflammatory Response
32. Thin walled cells on the outside of the vascular bundle that transport nutrients down the stem -are living and include sieve tube cells and companion cells
Leukocytes
Cardiac Output
Phloem
Heart
33. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Lymphocytes
Stem
Skin
Macrophages
34. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Macrophages
Mechanism and Control
Capillaries
Leukocytes
35. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Humoral Immunity
Adrenal Medulla
Thromboplastin
Parasympathetic system
36. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Left Ventricle
Type AB
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Functions of Circulatory System
37. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Diastole
Histamine
Ventricles
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
38. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Semilunar valves
Immunosuppressing drugs
Oxyhemoglobin
Protozoans
39. 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)
Active Immunity
Immunosuppressing drugs
Cardiac Output
Pulmonary veins
40. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Atria
Root Hairs
Atrioventricular Valves
Fibrovascular Bundle
41. Produced by cells under viral attack and diffuse to other cells - where they help prevent the spread of the virus
Interferons
Vascular Bundles
Lymphocytes
Blood Vessels
42. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Heart
Annelids
Left Side of Heart
Clots
43. Two layers thick and are the actively dividing - undifferentiated cells that give rise to xylem and phloem cell layers; as they divide - the cells near the phloem differentiate into phloem cells - and the cells near the xylem differentiate into xylem
Capillary Walls
Pulmonary veins
Root Pressure
Cambium
44. 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
Antigens
Root Hairs
Pulmonary Arteries
Clots
45. 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
Pulmonary veins
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Xylem
Transport Systems in Plants
46. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Type AB
Sympathetic System
Protozoans
Transport Systems in Plants
47. AKA immunoglobulins (Igs) -defense mechanism that are complex proteins that recognize and bind to specific antigens and trigger the immune system to remove them -either attract other cells to phagocytize the antigen or cause the antigens to clump tog
Dorsal Vessel
Semilunar valves
Leukocytes
Antibodies
48. Inappropriate response to certain foods and pollen that cause the body to form antibodies and release histamine
Allergic reactions
Type O
Humoral Immunity
Xylem
49. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Cnidarians
Transpiration Pull
Semilunar valves
Capillaries
50. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Fibrovascular Bundle
Lymphocytes
Immunosuppressing drugs
Transport Systems in Plants