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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Arterioles
Oxyhemoglobin
Humoral Immunity
Atria
2. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Pith
Stem
Dorsal Vessel
Fibrovascular Bundle
3. Specialized of the root epidermis with thin-walled projections increase the surface area for absorption of water and minerals from the soil
Interferons
Protozoans
Root Hairs
Transport Systems in Plants
4. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Functions of Circulatory System
Fibrovascular Bundle
Lymph nodes
Plasma
5. Pumps oxygenated blood into systemic circulation (throughout the body)
Allergic reactions
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Left Side of Heart
Systole
6. Valve on the left side of the heart that has two cusps
Mitral Valve
Vascular Bundles
Veins
Left Ventricle
7. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Lymph nodes
Root
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Cnidarians
8. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Blood Vessels
Immunosuppressing drugs
Parasympathetic system
Type AB
9. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Left Side of Heart
Immune System
Stem
Skin
10. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Structure of a Woody Stem
Histamine
Platelets
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
11. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Capillary action
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Diastole
Allergic reactions
12. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Xylem
Capillaries
Cnidarians
13. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Granulocytes
Cardiac Output
Arteries
Transpiration Pull
14. Exerts hormonal control via epinepherine (adrenaline) secretion - which causes an increase in heart rate
Functions of Circulatory System
Adrenal Medulla
Active Immunity
Xylem
15. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Arteries
Meristem
Semilunar valves
Phloem
16. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Ventricles
Right Side of Heart
Mechanism and Control
Functions of Circulatory System
17. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Granulocytes
Atria
Aorta
Rh factor
18. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Platelets
Lymph nodes
Thrombin
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
19. 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
Clots
Antigens
Arteries
Contraction Phases
20. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Thrombin
Meristem
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Active Immunity
21. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Macrophages
Rh factor
Capillary action
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
22. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Transport Systems in Plants
Skin
Humoral Immunity
Oxyhemoglobin
23. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Systole
Passive Immunity
Rh+ Fetus
Thromboplastin
24. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Arteries
Dorsal Vessel
Arterioles
Cambium
25. 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
Histamine
Transport Systems in Plants
Atria
26. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Leukocytes
Dorsal Vessel
Blood Vessels
Interferons
27. 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
Leukocytes
Left Side of Heart
Tricuspid Valve
28. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Thrombin
Cambium
Capillary Walls
Secrum
29. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Closed Circulatory System
Skin
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Autonomic Nervous System
30. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Right Side of Heart
Mechanism and Control
Clots
Dorsal Vessel
31. 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
Cnidarians
Left Side of Heart
Arterioles
32. Branches into a series of arteries
Contraction Phases
Parasympathetic system
Cambium
Aorta
33. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Pulmonary Arteries
Allergic reactions
Leukocytes
Stem
34. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Atria
Capillaries
Pulmonary Arteries
Diastole
35. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Sinuses
Skin
Clots
Cnidarians
36. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Leukocytes
Thrombin
Clots
Arterioles
37. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Sinuses
Macrophages
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Lymph
38. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Capillaries
Sinuses
Oxyhemoglobin
Vascular Bundles
39. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Cnidarians
Lymphocytes
Veins
Arterioles
40. Any liquid in a thin tube will rise becaUse of the surface tension of the liquid and interactions between the liquid and the tube
Human Cardiovascular System
Semilunar valves
Type O
Capillary action
41. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Parasympathetic system
Pores
Thromboplastin
Active Immunity
42. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Type AB
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Vaccination
Type O
43. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Lymphocytes
Root
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Passive Immunity
44. 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
Stem
Heart
Human Cardiovascular System
Platelet Plug
45. 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
Pores
Lymphocytes
46. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Cardiac Output
Fibrovascular Bundle
Left Ventricle
Dorsal Vessel
47. 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
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Veins
Rh+ Fetus
Lymphatic System
48. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Transpiration Pull
Atria
Capillary Walls
Human Cardiovascular System
49. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Adrenal Medulla
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Annelids
50. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Immunosuppressing drugs
Sympathetic System
Left Ventricle
Adrenal Medulla