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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Water entering the root hairs exerts a pressure that pushes water up the stem
Root Pressure
Mechanism and Control
Clots
Cambium
2. 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
Root Pressure
Rh+ Fetus
Blood Vessels
Systole
3. 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)
Meristem
Fibrovascular Bundle
Cardiac Output
Xylem
4. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Structure of a Woody Stem
Macrophages
Rh factor
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
5. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Veins
Root Pressure
Oxyhemoglobin
Sympathetic System
6. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Protozoans
Fibrovascular Bundle
Left Side of Heart
Macrophages
7. 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
Protozoans
Cambium
Pores
Platelet Plug
8. Modifies the rate of heart contraction
Autonomic Nervous System
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Humoral Immunity
Cambium
9. 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
Pulmonary Arteries
Fibrovascular Bundle
Gamma Globulin
Cambium
10. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Fibrovascular Bundle
Macrophages
Pith
Clots
11. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Histamine
Oxyhemoglobin
Lymph
Dorsal Vessel
12. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Aortic Loops
Transpiration Pull
Immunosuppressing drugs
Veins
13. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Stem
Lymph
Lymphocytes
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
14. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
Allergic reactions
Thrombin
Atria
Human Cardiovascular System
15. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Root
Rh+ Fetus
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Apical Meristem
16. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Capillary Walls
Lymph nodes
Atrioventricular Valves
Active Immunity
17. Secondary circulatory system distinct from the cardiovascular circulation - =vessels transport lymph to the cardiovascular system - thereby keeping fluid levels in the body constant
Root Pressure
Immunosuppressing drugs
Lymphatic System
Active Immunity
18. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Veins
Skin
Thrombin
Autonomic Nervous System
19. Have open circulatory systems in which blood (interstitial fluid) is in direct contact with the body tissues -blood is circulated primarily by body movements
Antigens
Arthropods
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Transport Systems in Plants
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
Autonomic Nervous System
Gamma Globulin
Arteries
Cnidarians
21. Branch into arterioles
Arteries
Type O
Humoral Immunity
Sapwood
22. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Closed Circulatory System
Mitral Valve
Veins
Arterioles
23. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Mechanism and Control
Lymphocytes
Human Cardiovascular System
Pulmonary veins
24. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Stem
Interferons
Antigens
Fibring
25. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Immune System
Dorsal Vessel
Macrophages
Passive Immunity
26. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Thromboplastin
Left Side of Heart
Macrophages
Histamine
27. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Immune System
Lymphocytes
Blood Vessels
28. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Secrum
Lymph
Atria
Type AB
29. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Arteries
Autonomic Nervous System
Type O
Pulmonary Arteries
30. Exerts hormonal control via epinepherine (adrenaline) secretion - which causes an increase in heart rate
Stem
Systole
Adrenal Medulla
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
31. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Inflammatory Response
Gamma Globulin
Sapwood
Diastole
32. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Type O
Capillaries
Ventricles
Humoral Immunity
33. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Xylem
Atria
Lymph
Blood Vessels
34. 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
Apical Meristem
Tricuspid Valve
Semilunar valves
35. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Systole
Closed Circulatory System
Thromboplastin
36. Branches into a series of arteries
Aorta
Adrenal Medulla
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Parasympathetic system
37. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Macrophages
Passive Immunity
Gamma Globulin
38. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Dorsal Vessel
Passive Immunity
Sinuses
Lymph
39. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Sympathetic System
Arthropods
Macrophages
Antibodies
40. 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
Active Immunity
Clots
Cambium
Fibring
41. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Sapwood
Closed Circulatory System
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
42. 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
Rh+ Fetus
Immunosuppressing drugs
Antigens
Cambium
43. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Arteries
Oxyhemoglobin
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Dorsal Vessel
44. Epidermis (outer-bark) - cortex - phloem - cambium - xylem - and pith
Heart
Structure of a Woody Stem
Rh factor
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
45. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Skin
Human Cardiovascular System
Capillary Walls
46. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Histamine
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Platelets
Arteries
47. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Capillary Walls
Functions of Circulatory System
Platelet Plug
Ventricles
48. Produced by cells under viral attack and diffuse to other cells - where they help prevent the spread of the virus
Interferons
Thrombin
Semilunar valves
Passive Immunity
49. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Root
Humoral Immunity
Meristem
Lymph nodes
50. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Arterioles
Antigens
Macrophages