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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Vascular Bundles
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Cnidarians
Arterioles
2. Thick-walled - muscular - elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
Oxyhemoglobin
Arteries
Heart
Sapwood
3. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Platelet Plug
Vaccination
Pulmonary Arteries
Rh factor
4. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Apical Meristem
Inflammatory Response
Passive Immunity
Platelets
5. 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
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Xylem
Cnidarians
Root Hairs
6. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Passive Immunity
Thromboplastin
Leukocytes
Clots
7. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Oxyhemoglobin
Annelids
Platelets
Parasympathetic system
8. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Systole
Type O
Veins
Root Pressure
9. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Active Immunity
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Transpiration Pull
Dorsal Vessel
10. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Plasma
Macrophages
Immune System
Atrioventricular Valves
11. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Antibodies
Blood Vessels
Type O
12. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Leukocytes
Sinuses
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Pith
13. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Active Immunity
Functions of Circulatory System
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Semilunar valves
14. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Clots
Humoral Immunity
Lymphatic System
Capillary Walls
15. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Fibring
Annelids
Vaccination
16. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Sympathetic System
Tricuspid Valve
Macrophages
Interferons
17. 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
Antibodies
Allergic reactions
Platelets
Ventricles
18. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Human Cardiovascular System
Apical Meristem
Plasma
Functions of Circulatory System
19. 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
Atrioventricular Valves
Macrophages
Sinoatrial (SA) node
AV bundle (bundle of His)
20. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Thromboplastin
Autonomic Nervous System
Human Cardiovascular System
Lymphocytes
21. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Rh factor
Lymphocytes
Blood Vessels
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
22. Branches into a series of arteries
Aorta
Capillaries
Fibring
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
23. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Human Cardiovascular System
Systole
Parasympathetic system
Capillary Walls
24. Phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Right Side of Heart
Human Cardiovascular System
Parasympathetic system
Leukocytes
25. The period during which the ventricles contract
Sinuses
Antibodies
Passive Immunity
Systole
26. Run up and down the stem at the center and contains xylem - phloem - and cambium cells
Blood Vessels
Contraction Phases
Capillaries
Vascular Bundles
27. 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)
Aorta
Cardiac Output
Vaccination
Lymph
28. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Rh factor
Mitral Valve
Transport Systems in Plants
29. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Granulocytes
Cardiac Output
Oxyhemoglobin
Sapwood
30. Branch into arterioles
Blood Vessels
Arteries
Thromboplastin
Histamine
31. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Platelets
Vascular Bundles
Transport Systems in Plants
Stem
32. Functions to absorb materials through the root hairs and anchor the plant -provide storage for energy reserves
Rh+ Fetus
Closed Circulatory System
Pores
Root
33. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Immunosuppressing drugs
Root
Lymphocytes
Meristem
34. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Meristem
Pulmonary veins
Aorta
Diastole
35. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Sapwood
Root Hairs
Blood Vessels
Granulocytes
36. 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
Functions of Circulatory System
Transport Systems in Plants
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Cambium
37. 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
Phloem
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Leukocytes
Lymphocytes
38. 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
Antibodies
Sapwood
Thrombin
Sinoatrial (SA) node
39. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Granulocytes
Sinuses
Xylem
Capillaries
40. Responsible for both of these immune mechanisms
Vaccination
Protozoans
Lymphocytes
Autonomic Nervous System
41. Fluid left after blood clotting
Secrum
Transpiration Pull
Sinuses
Antigens
42. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Root Hairs
Cambium
Meristem
Humoral Immunity
43. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Semilunar valves
Mechanism and Control
Sapwood
Pulmonary Arteries
44. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Lymphocytes
Granulocytes
Oxyhemoglobin
Active Immunity
45. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Transport Systems in Plants
Root
Functions of Circulatory System
Dorsal Vessel
46. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Platelet Plug
Granulocytes
Humoral Immunity
Interferons
47. 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)
Atria
Diastole
Semilunar valves
Type O
48. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Root Pressure
Semilunar valves
Functions of Circulatory System
Histamine
49. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Lymphocytes
Apical Meristem
Root Hairs
Humoral Immunity
50. Systole and diastole - which together make a heartbeat
Structure of a Woody Stem
Oxyhemoglobin
Contraction Phases
Ventricles