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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. 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
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Cardiac Output
Phloem
Antigens
2. Specialized of the root epidermis with thin-walled projections increase the surface area for absorption of water and minerals from the soil
Rh+ Fetus
Leukocytes
Type AB
Root Hairs
3. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Passive Immunity
Platelets
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Lymphocytes
4. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Apical Meristem
Vaccination
Immune System
Root Pressure
5. Fluid left after blood clotting
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Lymphocytes
Transpiration Pull
Secrum
6. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Humoral Immunity
Arterioles
Parasympathetic system
Vaccination
7. Heterotrophic cells that generally consume other cells or food particles -movement of gases and nutrients is a ccomplished by simple diffusion within the cell
Tricuspid Valve
Meristem
Protozoans
Semilunar valves
8. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Capillaries
Human Cardiovascular System
Type O
Lymph nodes
9. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Passive Immunity
Stem
Dorsal Vessel
Lymph
10. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Humoral Immunity
Atrioventricular Valves
Rh factor
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
11. 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)
Cardiac Output
Arteries
Plasma
Protozoans
12. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Aortic Loops
Type O
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
13. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Secrum
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Closed Circulatory System
Apical Meristem
14. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Transport Systems in Plants
Platelets
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Oxyhemoglobin
15. 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
Right Side of Heart
Cambium
Human Cardiovascular System
16. Systole and diastole - which together make a heartbeat
Structure of a Woody Stem
Capillary Walls
Blood Vessels
Contraction Phases
17. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Oxyhemoglobin
Platelet Plug
Immunosuppressing drugs
Arteries
18. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Passive Immunity
Lymphatic System
Veins
Apical Meristem
19. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Inflammatory Response
Veins
Humoral Immunity
Cambium
20. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Dorsal Vessel
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Fibring
Meristem
21. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Sinuses
Tricuspid Valve
Atrioventricular Valves
Lymphatic System
22. Pumps oxygenated blood into systemic circulation (throughout the body)
Platelets
Histamine
Left Side of Heart
Type AB
23. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Sinuses
Pulmonary Arteries
Left Ventricle
Pith
24. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Macrophages
Transpiration Pull
Interferons
Platelet Plug
25. An individual is injected witha weakened - inactive - or related form of a particular antigen - which stimulates the immune system to produce specific antibodies against it
Macrophages
Right Side of Heart
Vaccination
Macrophages
26. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Mechanism and Control
Blood Vessels
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Cell-Meediated Immunity
27. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Skin
Vascular Bundles
Functions of Circulatory System
Fibring
28. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Sympathetic System
Lymph
Antigens
Clots
29. Functions to absorb materials through the root hairs and anchor the plant -provide storage for energy reserves
Root
Arteries
Root Hairs
Lymphatic System
30. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Atria
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Histamine
Gamma Globulin
31. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Thrombin
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Histamine
Right Side of Heart
32. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Histamine
Pulmonary veins
Oxyhemoglobin
Atrioventricular Valves
33. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Thromboplastin
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Sympathetic System
Type AB
34. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Arterioles
Humoral Immunity
Blood Vessels
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
35. Responsible for both of these immune mechanisms
Arteries
Lymphocytes
Autonomic Nervous System
Histamine
36. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Immune System
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Vaccination
Atria
37. 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
Antigens
Rh+ Fetus
Immune System
Systole
38. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Rh factor
Immune System
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Heart
39. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Thromboplastin
Fibrovascular Bundle
Annelids
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
40. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
Immunosuppressing drugs
Pulmonary Arteries
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Thromboplastin
41. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Parasympathetic system
Macrophages
Transpiration Pull
Granulocytes
42. The driving force of the circulatory system
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Fibrovascular Bundle
Cambium
Heart
43. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Stem
Phloem
Leukocytes
Mitral Valve
44. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Type AB
Passive Immunity
Capillaries
Sapwood
45. The period during which the ventricles contract
Type AB
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Platelets
Systole
46. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Fibrovascular Bundle
Type O
Root
47. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Transport Systems in Plants
Plasma
Mechanism and Control
Immune System
48. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Arterioles
Tricuspid Valve
Mechanism and Control
Thromboplastin
49. 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
Arthropods
Thrombin
Type AB
50. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Cardiac Output
Clots
Inflammatory Response
Meristem