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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. 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
Immune System
Vaccination
Humoral Immunity
Platelets
2. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Humoral Immunity
Dorsal Vessel
Stem
Rh factor
3. 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
Right Side of Heart
Platelet Plug
Structure of a Woody Stem
Immunosuppressing drugs
4. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Type AB
Aortic Loops
Annelids
Capillaries
5. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Adrenal Medulla
Sapwood
Arteries
Lymphocytes
6. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Arterioles
Immune System
Parasympathetic system
Atria
7. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Parasympathetic system
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Xylem
Cambium
8. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Granulocytes
Stem
Dorsal Vessel
9. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Contraction Phases
Mechanism and Control
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Annelids
10. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Aortic Loops
Sinuses
Passive Immunity
Humoral Immunity
11. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Humoral Immunity
Dorsal Vessel
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Oxyhemoglobin
12. 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
Arterioles
Capillaries
Lymph nodes
Gamma Globulin
13. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Structure of a Woody Stem
Lymphatic System
Blood Vessels
Inflammatory Response
14. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Mechanism and Control
Functions of Circulatory System
Structure of a Woody Stem
Heart
15. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Left Side of Heart
Allergic reactions
Humoral Immunity
Lymphocytes
16. Fluid left after blood clotting
Granulocytes
Secrum
Arterioles
Pulmonary Arteries
17. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Mechanism and Control
Antigens
Immunosuppressing drugs
Macrophages
18. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Human Cardiovascular System
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Xylem
Parasympathetic system
19. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Transpiration Pull
Rh factor
Antibodies
Lymphocytes
20. Exerts hormonal control via epinepherine (adrenaline) secretion - which causes an increase in heart rate
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Adrenal Medulla
Sapwood
21. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Right Side of Heart
Clots
Skin
Human Cardiovascular System
22. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Aorta
Dorsal Vessel
Active Immunity
23. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Inflammatory Response
Lymph nodes
Phloem
Lymph
24. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Atria
Immunosuppressing drugs
Transpiration Pull
Parasympathetic system
25. Pumps oxygenated blood into systemic circulation (throughout the body)
Leukocytes
Lymphocytes
Cambium
Left Side of Heart
26. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Rh factor
Oxyhemoglobin
Lymphocytes
Pulmonary Arteries
27. 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
Capillaries
Plasma
Phloem
Functions of Circulatory System
28. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Transport Systems in Plants
Root
Pulmonary veins
Arteries
29. Innervates the heart via the vagus nerve and causes a decrease in the heart rate
Aorta
Vascular Bundles
Parasympathetic system
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
30. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Macrophages
Protozoans
Diastole
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
31. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Arteries
Root Pressure
Humoral Immunity
Arteries
32. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Cardiac Output
Allergic reactions
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
33. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Granulocytes
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Rh factor
Root Pressure
34. The period during which the ventricles contract
Pith
Systole
Tricuspid Valve
Left Ventricle
35. 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
Functions of Circulatory System
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Arterioles
Root Hairs
36. Located between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart - prevent backflow of blood into the atria
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Lymphocytes
Atrioventricular Valves
Sympathetic System
37. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Capillary Walls
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Fibrovascular Bundle
Immunosuppressing drugs
38. 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
Arteries
Aorta
Protozoans
Cambium
39. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Mechanism and Control
Plasma
Dorsal Vessel
Oxyhemoglobin
40. 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
Cambium
Arteries
Parasympathetic system
Left Ventricle
41. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Fibring
Fibrovascular Bundle
Skin
Clots
42. Run up and down the stem at the center and contains xylem - phloem - and cambium cells
Plasma
Vascular Bundles
Capillary Walls
Atria
43. Branches into a series of arteries
Aorta
Active Immunity
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Inflammatory Response
44. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Humoral Immunity
Ventricles
Autonomic Nervous System
Passive Immunity
45. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Rh+ Fetus
Histamine
Thrombin
Arthropods
46. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Heart
Lymph nodes
Blood Vessels
Root Hairs
47. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Type AB
Cambium
Human Cardiovascular System
Pith
48. 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
Active Immunity
Transport Systems in Plants
Root Pressure
49. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Dorsal Vessel
Aorta
Sinuses
Immunosuppressing drugs
50. Excess interstitial fluid
Lymph
Histamine
Annelids
Humoral Immunity