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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Sinuses
Atria
Aortic Loops
Cardiac Output
2. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Annelids
Stem
Blood Vessels
Type O
3. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Cambium
Diastole
Parasympathetic system
Interferons
4. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Meristem
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Cnidarians
Pulmonary veins
5. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Lymphatic System
Transport Systems in Plants
Inflammatory Response
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
6. Innervates the heart via the vagus nerve and causes a decrease in the heart rate
Parasympathetic system
Autonomic Nervous System
Mitral Valve
Skin
7. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Heart
Pulmonary Arteries
Right Side of Heart
Macrophages
8. 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
Clots
Lymphocytes
Arteries
Cambium
9. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Capillaries
Rh+ Fetus
Type O
Functions of Circulatory System
10. 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
Rh+ Fetus
Antigens
Pulmonary Arteries
Allergic reactions
11. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Aortic Loops
Type AB
Capillary action
Root
12. Any liquid in a thin tube will rise becaUse of the surface tension of the liquid and interactions between the liquid and the tube
Capillary action
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Rh factor
Closed Circulatory System
13. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Thromboplastin
Fibrovascular Bundle
Leukocytes
Rh factor
14. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Autonomic Nervous System
Humoral Immunity
Oxyhemoglobin
Vaccination
15. Heterotrophic cells that generally consume other cells or food particles -movement of gases and nutrients is a ccomplished by simple diffusion within the cell
Secrum
Pulmonary Arteries
Lymphatic System
Protozoans
16. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Veins
Dorsal Vessel
Immune System
Stem
17. 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
Cnidarians
Platelets
Platelet Plug
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
18. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Dorsal Vessel
Type O
Aorta
Arteries
19. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Root Pressure
Arterioles
Capillaries
Skin
20. 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
Gamma Globulin
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Pulmonary Arteries
Stem
21. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Skin
Dorsal Vessel
Mitral Valve
Platelet Plug
22. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Lymphatic System
Sapwood
Humoral Immunity
Rh factor
23. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Rh factor
Parasympathetic system
Root Pressure
24. Have open circulatory systems in which blood (interstitial fluid) is in direct contact with the body tissues -blood is circulated primarily by body movements
Active Immunity
Arthropods
Antigens
White Blood Cells (WBC)
25. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Tricuspid Valve
Gamma Globulin
Root
Sapwood
26. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Left Side of Heart
Leukocytes
Thrombin
Cambium
27. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Diastole
Active Immunity
Macrophages
Cambium
28. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Closed Circulatory System
Blood Vessels
Contraction Phases
Immunosuppressing drugs
29. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Rh+ Fetus
Right Side of Heart
Transport Systems in Plants
Diastole
30. Fluid left after blood clotting
Passive Immunity
Secrum
Skin
Tricuspid Valve
31. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Transpiration Pull
Pulmonary Arteries
Rh+ Fetus
Root Pressure
32. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Lymph
Leukocytes
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Apical Meristem
33. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Meristem
Protozoans
Atrioventricular Valves
Autonomic Nervous System
34. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Macrophages
Leukocytes
Type O
Lymphocytes
35. The period during which the ventricles contract
Gamma Globulin
Antibodies
Type O
Systole
36. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Transport Systems in Plants
Capillaries
Apical Meristem
Humoral Immunity
37. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Adrenal Medulla
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Root
38. 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
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Lymph
Lymphocytes
39. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Inflammatory Response
Left Ventricle
40. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Pulmonary veins
Arteries
Fibring
Active Immunity
41. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Pulmonary veins
Mechanism and Control
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Histamine
42. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Aortic Loops
Histamine
Structure of a Woody Stem
Humoral Immunity
43. 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
Meristem
Blood Vessels
Sinuses
Cnidarians
44. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Plasma
Pores
Active Immunity
Arterioles
45. Branch into arterioles
Thromboplastin
Transport Systems in Plants
Pith
Arteries
46. 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)
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Cardiac Output
Cambium
Rh+ Fetus
47. Epidermis (outer-bark) - cortex - phloem - cambium - xylem - and pith
Xylem
Parasympathetic system
Annelids
Structure of a Woody Stem
48. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Skin
Passive Immunity
Platelet Plug
Type O
49. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Mitral Valve
Plasma
Dorsal Vessel
Left Ventricle
50. Excess interstitial fluid
Lymph
Root Hairs
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Antigens