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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Apical Meristem
Phloem
Plasma
Sinoatrial (SA) node
2. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Passive Immunity
Active Immunity
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Phloem
3. Any liquid in a thin tube will rise becaUse of the surface tension of the liquid and interactions between the liquid and the tube
Type O
Lymphocytes
Capillary action
Left Ventricle
4. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Stem
Lymphocytes
Vaccination
Meristem
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
Xylem
Cambium
Capillary Walls
Antigens
6. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Platelets
Rh factor
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Meristem
7. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Lymphocytes
Adrenal Medulla
Atrioventricular Valves
Type AB
8. 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
Protozoans
Meristem
Arterioles
Phloem
9. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Rh+ Fetus
Humoral Immunity
Arthropods
Type O
10. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Mitral Valve
Transport Systems in Plants
Left Side of Heart
Mechanism and Control
11. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
Apical Meristem
Xylem
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Inflammatory Response
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
Lymphocytes
Gamma Globulin
Root Hairs
Left Side of Heart
13. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Fibring
Lymphocytes
Veins
Thromboplastin
14. Functions as the main heart by coordinated contractions in annelids
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Dorsal Vessel
Cambium
Arthropods
15. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Clots
Lymphatic System
Thrombin
Lymph
16. 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
Functions of Circulatory System
Structure of a Woody Stem
Human Cardiovascular System
17. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Heart
Allergic reactions
Transpiration Pull
Capillaries
18. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Skin
Semilunar valves
19. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Aortic Loops
Thrombin
Sinuses
AV bundle (bundle of His)
20. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Active Immunity
Immune System
Thromboplastin
Arterioles
21. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Fibrovascular Bundle
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Root Hairs
Pores
22. Phloem - cambium - and xylem layers
Systole
Fibrovascular Bundle
Diastole
Functions of Circulatory System
23. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Sympathetic System
Left Side of Heart
Humoral Immunity
White Blood Cells (WBC)
24. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Sinuses
Functions of Circulatory System
Arterioles
Autonomic Nervous System
25. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Mechanism and Control
Semilunar valves
Thrombin
Sapwood
26. Located between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart - prevent backflow of blood into the atria
Atrioventricular Valves
Protozoans
Secrum
Pulmonary veins
27. Cardiac muscle contracts rhythmically without stimulation from the nervous system - producing impulses that spread through its internal conducting system
Fibrovascular Bundle
Autonomic Nervous System
Mechanism and Control
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
28. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Humoral Immunity
Fibring
Root Pressure
Histamine
29. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Functions of Circulatory System
Closed Circulatory System
Semilunar valves
Annelids
30. 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
Rh+ Fetus
Lymph nodes
Dorsal Vessel
Capillary action
31. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Active Immunity
Atria
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Xylem
32. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Vascular Bundles
Arterioles
Atrioventricular Valves
Functions of Circulatory System
33. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Blood Vessels
Phloem
Diastole
Dorsal Vessel
34. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Arteries
Right Side of Heart
Immunosuppressing drugs
35. 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
Skin
Vaccination
Leukocytes
Closed Circulatory System
36. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Cnidarians
Systole
Gamma Globulin
Dorsal Vessel
37. Thick-walled - muscular - elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
Arteries
Lymphocytes
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
38. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Histamine
Atrioventricular Valves
Skin
Vascular Bundles
39. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Ventricles
Macrophages
Blood Vessels
Root
40. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Human Cardiovascular System
Passive Immunity
Left Ventricle
Stem
41. 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
Cambium
Skin
Structure of a Woody Stem
Closed Circulatory System
42. 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
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Type AB
Plasma
43. Excess interstitial fluid
Lymph
Systole
Platelet Plug
Aorta
44. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Active Immunity
Contraction Phases
Secrum
Lymph nodes
45. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Pulmonary veins
Thromboplastin
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Apical Meristem
46. Branch into arterioles
Pulmonary veins
Arteries
Heart
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
47. Innervates the heart via the vagus nerve and causes a decrease in the heart rate
Gamma Globulin
Sapwood
Meristem
Parasympathetic system
48. When hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Human Cardiovascular System
Oxyhemoglobin
Sympathetic System
Fibrovascular Bundle
49. Used to lower the immune response to transplants and decrease the likelihood of rejection
Thrombin
Immunosuppressing drugs
Transport Systems in Plants
Stem
50. Systole and diastole - which together make a heartbeat
Interferons
Contraction Phases
Antigens
Ventricles