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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Run up and down the stem at the center and contains xylem - phloem - and cambium cells
Stem
Pores
Parasympathetic system
Vascular Bundles
2. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Type AB
Humoral Immunity
Leukocytes
Phloem
3. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Thromboplastin
Sinuses
Clots
Aortic Loops
4. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Thromboplastin
Plasma
Pulmonary veins
Capillary Walls
5. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Meristem
Aorta
Structure of a Woody Stem
Sapwood
6. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Type AB
Lymphatic System
Sinuses
Vaccination
7. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Systole
Interferons
Capillaries
Platelets
8. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Type O
Cnidarians
Heart
Macrophages
9. Modifies the rate of heart contraction
Pulmonary Arteries
Apical Meristem
Autonomic Nervous System
Histamine
10. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Mitral Valve
Arthropods
Capillaries
Mechanism and Control
11. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Arteries
Type AB
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Functions of Circulatory System
12. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Rh factor
Right Side of Heart
Antigens
Leukocytes
13. 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
Sinuses
Capillary Walls
Xylem
Antigens
14. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Antigens
Root Pressure
Closed Circulatory System
Mitral Valve
15. Released by injured cells - which causes blood vessels to dilate - thereby increasing blood flow to the damaged region
Histamine
Sympathetic System
Leukocytes
Cambium
16. 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
Capillary Walls
Cambium
Protozoans
17. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Pulmonary veins
Rh+ Fetus
Veins
Protozoans
18. Fluid left after blood clotting
Apical Meristem
Lymphatic System
Closed Circulatory System
Secrum
19. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Contraction Phases
Transport Systems in Plants
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Rh+ Fetus
20. 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
Lymphocytes
Closed Circulatory System
Humoral Immunity
21. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Atria
Dorsal Vessel
Platelets
Oxyhemoglobin
22. 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)
Plasma
Dorsal Vessel
Left Ventricle
23. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Thrombin
Lymph nodes
Rh+ Fetus
Dorsal Vessel
24. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Skin
Stem
Immunosuppressing drugs
25. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Annelids
Sympathetic System
Passive Immunity
Platelet Plug
26. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Platelets
Pith
Root Pressure
Sinoatrial (SA) node
27. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Cambium
Passive Immunity
Diastole
Immune System
28. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Plasma
Platelets
Transport Systems in Plants
Humoral Immunity
29. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Sinuses
Right Side of Heart
Human Cardiovascular System
Interferons
30. 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
Cnidarians
Phloem
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Mechanism and Control
31. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Dorsal Vessel
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Lymphatic System
Pith
32. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Closed Circulatory System
Capillary Walls
Root
Immune System
33. Functions to absorb materials through the root hairs and anchor the plant -provide storage for energy reserves
Leukocytes
Pith
Lymphocytes
Root
34. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Left Ventricle
Leukocytes
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Immunosuppressing drugs
35. 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
Passive Immunity
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Lymphocytes
Apical Meristem
36. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Inflammatory Response
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Immune System
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
37. 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
Lymphocytes
Diastole
Platelets
Antibodies
38. 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
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Atria
Left Side of Heart
39. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
Semilunar valves
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Adrenal Medulla
Vaccination
40. Have open circulatory systems in which blood (interstitial fluid) is in direct contact with the body tissues -blood is circulated primarily by body movements
Fibring
Lymph
Macrophages
Arthropods
41. Located between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart - prevent backflow of blood into the atria
Atrioventricular Valves
Right Side of Heart
Humoral Immunity
Contraction Phases
42. Phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Contraction Phases
Lymphocytes
Leukocytes
Arterioles
43. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Lymph
Type O
Rh factor
Functions of Circulatory System
44. Thick-walled - muscular - elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
Stem
Structure of a Woody Stem
Arteries
Lymphatic System
45. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Capillary action
Skin
Platelet Plug
Atria
46. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Skin
Ventricles
Semilunar valves
Granulocytes
47. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Pores
Lymphatic System
Lymphocytes
48. The driving force of the circulatory system
Lymphatic System
Arteries
Heart
Xylem
49. Produced by cells under viral attack and diffuse to other cells - where they help prevent the spread of the virus
Transpiration Pull
Lymph nodes
Interferons
Aortic Loops
50. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Dorsal Vessel
Type O
Right Side of Heart
Antigens