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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Lymph
Plasma
Sapwood
2. 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)
Structure of a Woody Stem
Plasma
Cardiac Output
Lymphatic System
3. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Parasympathetic system
Root
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Aortic Loops
4. Branches into a series of arteries
Capillary action
Aorta
Cardiac Output
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
5. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Meristem
Left Ventricle
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Humoral Immunity
6. Have three cusps and are located between the left ventricle and the aorta and between the right ventricle and the pumonary artery (the pulmonic valve)
Semilunar valves
Pores
Systole
Fibring
7. 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
Pith
Cambium
Protozoans
Humoral Immunity
8. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Mitral Valve
Fibring
Leukocytes
Skin
9. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Atria
Left Ventricle
Autonomic Nervous System
Veins
10. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Capillaries
Sapwood
Tricuspid Valve
Arteries
11. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Atria
Capillaries
Parasympathetic system
Sinuses
12. 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
Fibring
Antigens
Active Immunity
Leukocytes
13. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Capillaries
Diastole
Fibring
Type AB
14. 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
Interferons
Arteries
Antibodies
Xylem
15. Any liquid in a thin tube will rise becaUse of the surface tension of the liquid and interactions between the liquid and the tube
Platelets
Root
Humoral Immunity
Capillary action
16. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Immunosuppressing drugs
Protozoans
Histamine
Lymphatic System
17. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Dorsal Vessel
Aortic Loops
Active Immunity
Protozoans
18. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Histamine
Pulmonary Arteries
Aortic Loops
Pith
19. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Right Side of Heart
Stem
Histamine
Sympathetic System
20. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Oxyhemoglobin
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Plasma
Type AB
21. Thick-walled - muscular - elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
Tricuspid Valve
Fibrovascular Bundle
Arteries
Immune System
22. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Macrophages
Humoral Immunity
Dorsal Vessel
23. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Fibring
Rh factor
Structure of a Woody Stem
Closed Circulatory System
24. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Dorsal Vessel
Human Cardiovascular System
Lymphocytes
25. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Fibring
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Platelets
Arthropods
26. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Leukocytes
Blood Vessels
Arterioles
Platelets
27. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Sympathetic System
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Leukocytes
Sapwood
28. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Lymphatic System
Human Cardiovascular System
Heart
Arteries
29. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
Structure of a Woody Stem
Cardiac Output
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Type O
30. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Phloem
Diastole
Arteries
Autonomic Nervous System
31. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Left Side of Heart
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Rh+ Fetus
32. 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
Antigens
Sinuses
Skin
Rh+ Fetus
33. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Macrophages
Dorsal Vessel
Capillaries
34. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Sinuses
Type O
Thrombin
Arterioles
35. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Type AB
Clots
Cardiac Output
Veins
36. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Lymphatic System
Transpiration Pull
Diastole
Atria
37. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Stem
Capillary action
Left Side of Heart
Fibrovascular Bundle
38. Exerts hormonal control via epinepherine (adrenaline) secretion - which causes an increase in heart rate
Mechanism and Control
Adrenal Medulla
Secrum
Arteries
39. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Dorsal Vessel
Functions of Circulatory System
Sapwood
Capillaries
40. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Phloem
Mechanism and Control
Arteries
Root
41. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Humoral Immunity
Right Side of Heart
Macrophages
Xylem
42. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Systole
Closed Circulatory System
Sinuses
Lymphocytes
43. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Capillary action
Lymphocytes
Fibrovascular Bundle
Cell-Meediated Immunity
44. 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
Vaccination
Platelet Plug
Cardiac Output
Blood Vessels
45. 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
Heart
Atria
Root
46. Fluid left after blood clotting
Left Ventricle
Secrum
Stem
Parasympathetic system
47. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Autonomic Nervous System
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Dorsal Vessel
Transport Systems in Plants
48. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Contraction Phases
Meristem
Histamine
Lymph nodes
49. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Closed Circulatory System
Passive Immunity
Gamma Globulin
Atrioventricular Valves
50. The period during which the ventricles contract
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Mitral Valve
Systole
Ventricles