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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Transport Systems in Plants
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Atrioventricular Valves
Pith
2. 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)
Histamine
Semilunar valves
Mitral Valve
Lymph nodes
3. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Apical Meristem
Granulocytes
Leukocytes
4. Thick-walled - muscular - elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
Arteries
Immune System
Human Cardiovascular System
Root Pressure
5. Responsible for both of these immune mechanisms
Lymphocytes
Histamine
Pith
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
6. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Humoral Immunity
Sapwood
Systole
Macrophages
7. 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
Root Hairs
Macrophages
Cambium
8. 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
Parasympathetic system
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Protozoans
9. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Pulmonary Arteries
Clots
Antigens
Thromboplastin
10. 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
Rh+ Fetus
Antibodies
Dorsal Vessel
11. Released by injured cells - which causes blood vessels to dilate - thereby increasing blood flow to the damaged region
Histamine
Type O
Fibring
Lymph
12. 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
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Plasma
Thrombin
Cambium
13. 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
Xylem
Aorta
Rh+ Fetus
Structure of a Woody Stem
14. Carries impuls of AV node which branches into the right and left bundle branches - and through the Purkinje fibers in the walls of ventircles - generating a strong contraction
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Pith
Interferons
Skin
15. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Immunosuppressing drugs
Atrioventricular Valves
Closed Circulatory System
Macrophages
16. Heterotrophic cells that generally consume other cells or food particles -movement of gases and nutrients is a ccomplished by simple diffusion within the cell
Passive Immunity
Protozoans
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Ventricles
17. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Human Cardiovascular System
Thrombin
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Functions of Circulatory System
18. Valve on the left side of the heart that has two cusps
Mitral Valve
Lymphocytes
Active Immunity
Humoral Immunity
19. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Humoral Immunity
Xylem
Atrioventricular Valves
AV bundle (bundle of His)
20. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Transpiration Pull
Immune System
Annelids
Sinuses
21. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Allergic reactions
Sympathetic System
Stem
Root Pressure
22. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Ventricles
Sympathetic System
Root
23. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Parasympathetic system
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Macrophages
Transport Systems in Plants
24. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Type O
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Rh+ Fetus
Cardiac Output
25. 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
Antibodies
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Arthropods
Vascular Bundles
26. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Secrum
Closed Circulatory System
Cambium
Platelet Plug
27. Have body walls that are two cells thick -all cels are direct contact with either the internal or external environments so there is no need for a specialized circulatory system
Cnidarians
Tricuspid Valve
Aorta
Type O
28. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Thromboplastin
Capillaries
Thrombin
Platelet Plug
29. 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
Cambium
Root Pressure
Phloem
Leukocytes
30. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Tricuspid Valve
Aortic Loops
Pulmonary Arteries
Transport Systems in Plants
31. Branch into arterioles
Cambium
Arthropods
Arteries
Lymphatic System
32. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Capillaries
Root
Root Hairs
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
33. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Meristem
Platelets
Humoral Immunity
White Blood Cells (WBC)
34. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Systole
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Pulmonary Arteries
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
35. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Mitral Valve
Closed Circulatory System
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Antibodies
36. The driving force of the circulatory system
Vascular Bundles
Vaccination
Heart
Closed Circulatory System
37. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Lymph nodes
Leukocytes
Atria
Passive Immunity
38. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Capillary Walls
Arteries
Dorsal Vessel
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
39. Excess interstitial fluid
Lymph
Cardiac Output
Root Hairs
Cnidarians
40. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Lymphatic System
Stem
Clots
Semilunar valves
41. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Left Side of Heart
Thromboplastin
Dorsal Vessel
Ventricles
42. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Cardiac Output
Type AB
Aortic Loops
Human Cardiovascular System
43. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Aorta
Gamma Globulin
Type AB
Humoral Immunity
44. Functions to absorb materials through the root hairs and anchor the plant -provide storage for energy reserves
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Annelids
Root
Tricuspid Valve
45. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Immunosuppressing drugs
Granulocytes
Rh factor
Ventricles
46. Fluid left after blood clotting
Veins
Gamma Globulin
Immune System
Secrum
47. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Leukocytes
Granulocytes
Capillaries
Arthropods
48. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Blood Vessels
Arthropods
Tricuspid Valve
Human Cardiovascular System
49. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Antigens
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Arteries
50. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Atrioventricular Valves
Lymphocytes
Arteries
Immunosuppressing drugs