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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Meristem
Leukocytes
Lymphatic System
Sinuses
2. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Inflammatory Response
Type O
Right Side of Heart
Oxyhemoglobin
3. Excess interstitial fluid
Left Ventricle
Lymph
Lymphatic System
Sinoatrial (SA) node
4. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Veins
Arteries
Ventricles
Sinuses
5. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Closed Circulatory System
Atria
Sympathetic System
Left Side of Heart
6. The period during which the ventricles contract
Humoral Immunity
Systole
Human Cardiovascular System
Mitral Valve
7. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Immunosuppressing drugs
Thrombin
Vascular Bundles
8. 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
Sinuses
Interferons
Rh+ Fetus
Atria
9. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Thromboplastin
Blood Vessels
Heart
Histamine
10. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Type O
Autonomic Nervous System
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
11. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Macrophages
Heart
Platelet Plug
Sympathetic System
12. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Root Hairs
Cambium
Parasympathetic system
Platelets
13. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Ventricles
Gamma Globulin
Rh+ Fetus
Humoral Immunity
14. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Inflammatory Response
Platelet Plug
Plasma
Ventricles
15. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Immune System
Type O
Protozoans
Thromboplastin
16. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Macrophages
Skin
Leukocytes
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
17. 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
Histamine
Type O
Ventricles
18. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Secrum
Atria
Adrenal Medulla
Aorta
19. 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
Human Cardiovascular System
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Veins
Inflammatory Response
20. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Closed Circulatory System
Type AB
Fibrovascular Bundle
Sinoatrial (SA) node
21. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Dorsal Vessel
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Aortic Loops
22. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Pith
Type O
Lymphocytes
Antigens
23. Produced by cells under viral attack and diffuse to other cells - where they help prevent the spread of the virus
Rh+ Fetus
Interferons
Root Hairs
Transport Systems in Plants
24. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Parasympathetic system
Type O
Passive Immunity
Plasma
25. Run up and down the stem at the center and contains xylem - phloem - and cambium cells
Vascular Bundles
Fibring
Functions of Circulatory System
Adrenal Medulla
26. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Apical Meristem
Root Hairs
Root Pressure
Diastole
27. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Interferons
Lymphocytes
Capillaries
Parasympathetic system
28. Modifies the rate of heart contraction
Transport Systems in Plants
Lymphatic System
Histamine
Autonomic Nervous System
29. 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
Inflammatory Response
Mechanism and Control
Cnidarians
Autonomic Nervous System
30. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Apical Meristem
Aortic Loops
Cambium
Atrioventricular Valves
31. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Dorsal Vessel
Gamma Globulin
Cnidarians
Atrioventricular Valves
32. 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
Atria
Meristem
Xylem
Fibring
33. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Mechanism and Control
Passive Immunity
Skin
Arthropods
34. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Diastole
Type AB
Secrum
Arterioles
35. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Platelets
Passive Immunity
Pores
Veins
36. 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
Antigens
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Vaccination
Sympathetic System
37. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Human Cardiovascular System
Pulmonary veins
Xylem
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
38. Released by injured cells - which causes blood vessels to dilate - thereby increasing blood flow to the damaged region
Human Cardiovascular System
Veins
Dorsal Vessel
Histamine
39. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Tricuspid Valve
Mitral Valve
Oxyhemoglobin
Adrenal Medulla
40. Exerts hormonal control via epinepherine (adrenaline) secretion - which causes an increase in heart rate
Adrenal Medulla
Type AB
Arterioles
Interferons
41. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Lymph nodes
Arteries
Root Hairs
Left Side of Heart
42. 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)
Humoral Immunity
Cardiac Output
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Type AB
43. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Humoral Immunity
Fibrovascular Bundle
Left Ventricle
Plasma
44. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Platelet Plug
Lymphocytes
Secrum
Human Cardiovascular System
45. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Root Pressure
Structure of a Woody Stem
Transpiration Pull
Pores
46. Branch into arterioles
Arteries
Humoral Immunity
Thrombin
Capillaries
47. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Fibring
Rh factor
Diastole
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
48. 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
Arteries
Mitral Valve
Granulocytes
Antibodies
49. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Cambium
Arthropods
Skin
50. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Platelets
Cambium
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Rh factor