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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Xylem
Vaccination
Fibring
Passive Immunity
2. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Immunosuppressing drugs
Vascular Bundles
Gamma Globulin
Active Immunity
3. Heterotrophic cells that generally consume other cells or food particles -movement of gases and nutrients is a ccomplished by simple diffusion within the cell
Protozoans
Antigens
Sapwood
Atrioventricular Valves
4. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Semilunar valves
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Aortic Loops
Transpiration Pull
5. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Left Side of Heart
Active Immunity
Cambium
Skin
6. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Cardiac Output
Functions of Circulatory System
Human Cardiovascular System
Vaccination
7. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Root Pressure
Clots
Apical Meristem
Ventricles
8. Functions to absorb materials through the root hairs and anchor the plant -provide storage for energy reserves
Aorta
Thrombin
Root
AV bundle (bundle of His)
9. Branches into a series of arteries
Cambium
Aorta
Clots
Diastole
10. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Skin
Capillaries
Lymph nodes
Macrophages
11. Modifies the rate of heart contraction
Plasma
Immunosuppressing drugs
Autonomic Nervous System
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
12. 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
Oxyhemoglobin
Rh+ Fetus
Semilunar valves
Immune System
13. 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
Root Hairs
Tricuspid Valve
Platelet Plug
Left Ventricle
14. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Allergic reactions
Transpiration Pull
Vascular Bundles
Pith
15. Responsible for both of these immune mechanisms
Lymphocytes
Thrombin
Capillary action
Sapwood
16. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Humoral Immunity
Granulocytes
Tricuspid Valve
Secrum
17. Valve on the left side of the heart that has two cusps
Annelids
Transpiration Pull
Mitral Valve
Atrioventricular Valves
18. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Arteries
Thrombin
Atria
Cell-Meediated Immunity
19. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Antigens
Pith
Arthropods
Arterioles
20. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Vascular Bundles
Gamma Globulin
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Sinuses
21. 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
Type AB
Histamine
Capillaries
Vaccination
22. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Platelets
Functions of Circulatory System
Capillaries
Root Hairs
23. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Thrombin
Cambium
Plasma
Semilunar valves
24. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Annelids
Right Side of Heart
Thromboplastin
Atria
25. Fluid left after blood clotting
Capillary Walls
Secrum
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Lymph nodes
26. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Aorta
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Ventricles
Closed Circulatory System
27. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Tricuspid Valve
Sinuses
Pulmonary Arteries
Leukocytes
28. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Capillary Walls
Cardiac Output
Passive Immunity
Skin
29. 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
Lymphocytes
Cambium
Human Cardiovascular System
Arteries
30. 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
Cambium
AV bundle (bundle of His)
31. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Closed Circulatory System
Cardiac Output
Vascular Bundles
Leukocytes
32. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Platelets
Macrophages
Left Side of Heart
Structure of a Woody Stem
33. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Blood Vessels
Root
Diastole
Left Side of Heart
34. 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
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Antigens
Cambium
Pores
35. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Macrophages
Rh factor
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Sapwood
36. 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)
Root Hairs
Passive Immunity
Transport Systems in Plants
37. Branch into arterioles
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Root
Vascular Bundles
Arteries
38. Epidermis (outer-bark) - cortex - phloem - cambium - xylem - and pith
Rh+ Fetus
Structure of a Woody Stem
Lymph
Antibodies
39. Excess interstitial fluid
Fibring
Veins
Humoral Immunity
Lymph
40. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Xylem
Functions of Circulatory System
Apical Meristem
Protozoans
41. 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
Annelids
Arterioles
Gamma Globulin
Phloem
42. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Lymphocytes
Passive Immunity
Cambium
Dorsal Vessel
43. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Vaccination
Mechanism and Control
Lymph nodes
Root
44. Located between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart - prevent backflow of blood into the atria
Cambium
Cardiac Output
Aortic Loops
Atrioventricular Valves
45. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Rh factor
Thrombin
Humoral Immunity
Root Pressure
46. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Lymphatic System
Plasma
Diastole
Pulmonary Arteries
47. 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
Blood Vessels
Passive Immunity
Right Side of Heart
48. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Immunosuppressing drugs
Pores
Xylem
AV bundle (bundle of His)
49. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Rh+ Fetus
Meristem
Arterioles
Humoral Immunity
50. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Dorsal Vessel
Mitral Valve
Arteries
Clots