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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Branch into arterioles
Arteries
Capillary Walls
Dorsal Vessel
Fibrovascular Bundle
2. Inappropriate response to certain foods and pollen that cause the body to form antibodies and release histamine
Allergic reactions
Humoral Immunity
Functions of Circulatory System
Leukocytes
3. 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)
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Thromboplastin
Adrenal Medulla
Semilunar valves
4. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Functions of Circulatory System
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Arterioles
Contraction Phases
5. 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
Secrum
Platelet Plug
Protozoans
Thromboplastin
6. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Platelets
Systole
Interferons
Left Ventricle
7. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Lymphatic System
Immune System
Type O
Cambium
8. Located between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart - prevent backflow of blood into the atria
Granulocytes
Pulmonary Arteries
Blood Vessels
Atrioventricular Valves
9. 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
Xylem
Macrophages
Rh factor
Functions of Circulatory System
10. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Cambium
Rh factor
Plasma
Cell-Meediated Immunity
11. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Leukocytes
Right Side of Heart
Arteries
White Blood Cells (WBC)
12. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Immunosuppressing drugs
Parasympathetic system
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Lymphocytes
13. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Lymphatic System
Clots
Heart
Dorsal Vessel
14. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
Pith
Antibodies
Vaccination
White Blood Cells (WBC)
15. Branches into a series of arteries
Capillary Walls
Aorta
Macrophages
Allergic reactions
16. 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
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Antigens
Lymph
17. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Fibring
Protozoans
Thromboplastin
Platelet Plug
18. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Cardiac Output
Dorsal Vessel
Ventricles
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
19. Pumps oxygenated blood into systemic circulation (throughout the body)
Platelets
Left Side of Heart
Antibodies
Plasma
20. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Macrophages
Cnidarians
Root Pressure
Antigens
21. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Left Ventricle
Dorsal Vessel
Tricuspid Valve
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
22. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Autonomic Nervous System
Fibrovascular Bundle
Vaccination
Closed Circulatory System
23. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Human Cardiovascular System
Gamma Globulin
Root Pressure
Annelids
24. 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)
Atria
Capillaries
Cardiac Output
Granulocytes
25. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Immunosuppressing drugs
Humoral Immunity
Allergic reactions
Transpiration Pull
26. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Heart
Lymph nodes
Sympathetic System
Platelets
27. Produced by cells under viral attack and diffuse to other cells - where they help prevent the spread of the virus
Plasma
Interferons
Diastole
Humoral Immunity
28. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Oxyhemoglobin
Capillary Walls
Blood Vessels
Type O
29. Fluid left after blood clotting
Active Immunity
Lymphocytes
Secrum
Antibodies
30. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Immunosuppressing drugs
Fibrovascular Bundle
Macrophages
Capillaries
31. 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
Sympathetic System
Active Immunity
Rh+ Fetus
Vascular Bundles
32. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Vaccination
Ventricles
Stem
Skin
33. Epidermis (outer-bark) - cortex - phloem - cambium - xylem - and pith
Structure of a Woody Stem
Apical Meristem
Pith
Capillaries
34. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Interferons
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Thromboplastin
35. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Passive Immunity
Fibring
Closed Circulatory System
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
36. Have open circulatory systems in which blood (interstitial fluid) is in direct contact with the body tissues -blood is circulated primarily by body movements
Systole
Vascular Bundles
Arthropods
Lymph
37. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Sympathetic System
Transpiration Pull
Thrombin
Platelets
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
Rh factor
Parasympathetic system
Immunosuppressing drugs
Cambium
39. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Oxyhemoglobin
Cardiac Output
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Thromboplastin
40. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Type AB
Pores
Atria
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
41. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Oxyhemoglobin
Atria
Arteries
Sapwood
42. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Root
Human Cardiovascular System
Capillaries
Blood Vessels
43. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Lymph nodes
Thromboplastin
Stem
Left Ventricle
44. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Cambium
Type O
Xylem
Type AB
45. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Thromboplastin
Pith
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Arthropods
46. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Dorsal Vessel
Arthropods
Pulmonary veins
Granulocytes
47. The driving force of the circulatory system
Heart
Arthropods
Interferons
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
48. The period during which the ventricles contract
Thromboplastin
Systole
Histamine
Cambium
49. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Humoral Immunity
Root Hairs
Fibrovascular Bundle
Leukocytes
50. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Capillary Walls
Clots
Right Side of Heart
Type O