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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Excess interstitial fluid
Leukocytes
Lymph
Sinuses
Left Ventricle
2. Two lower chambers of the heart -extremely muscular
Ventricles
Transpiration Pull
Parasympathetic system
Antibodies
3. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Rh factor
Phloem
Pores
Granulocytes
4. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Sapwood
Thrombin
Leukocytes
Functions of Circulatory System
5. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Gamma Globulin
Lymphocytes
Atria
Clots
6. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Leukocytes
Human Cardiovascular System
Capillaries
Arterioles
7. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Transport Systems in Plants
Pores
Humoral Immunity
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
8. Fluid left after blood clotting
Immunosuppressing drugs
Inflammatory Response
Secrum
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
9. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Lymphocytes
Interferons
Gamma Globulin
10. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Aorta
Gamma Globulin
Thrombin
11. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Sinuses
Transpiration Pull
Leukocytes
12. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Pulmonary veins
Blood Vessels
Stem
Capillaries
13. Physical barier against bacterial invasion
Arterioles
Lymph nodes
Autonomic Nervous System
Skin
14. Pumps oxygenated blood into systemic circulation (throughout the body)
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Phloem
Left Side of Heart
Antibodies
15. Exerts hormonal control via epinepherine (adrenaline) secretion - which causes an increase in heart rate
Annelids
Vaccination
Adrenal Medulla
Antibodies
16. Thick-walled - muscular - elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
Vascular Bundles
Arthropods
Platelet Plug
Arteries
17. 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
Type O
Cnidarians
Cambium
Sapwood
18. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Antibodies
Dorsal Vessel
Parasympathetic system
Closed Circulatory System
19. 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
Dorsal Vessel
Structure of a Woody Stem
Rh+ Fetus
Tricuspid Valve
20. 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
Lymph nodes
Antibodies
Arteries
Protozoans
21. Produced by cells under viral attack and diffuse to other cells - where they help prevent the spread of the virus
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Interferons
Phloem
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
22. Responsible for both of these immune mechanisms
Mitral Valve
Macrophages
Lymphocytes
Phloem
23. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Sinuses
Pith
Secrum
Systole
24. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Humoral Immunity
Skin
Sympathetic System
Annelids
25. 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)
Lymph
Semilunar valves
Sapwood
Rh factor
26. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Humoral Immunity
Capillaries
Immune System
Ventricles
27. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Sapwood
Protozoans
Right Side of Heart
Dorsal Vessel
28. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Tricuspid Valve
Sympathetic System
Atrioventricular Valves
Annelids
29. Released by injured cells - which causes blood vessels to dilate - thereby increasing blood flow to the damaged region
Rh factor
Histamine
Parasympathetic system
Gamma Globulin
30. Composed of nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms
Human Cardiovascular System
Capillaries
Pith
Immune System
31. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Inflammatory Response
Systole
Arteries
Thromboplastin
32. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Sympathetic System
Apical Meristem
Clots
Human Cardiovascular System
33. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Adrenal Medulla
Secrum
Meristem
Passive Immunity
34. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Cardiac Output
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Annelids
Macrophages
35. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Sympathetic System
Tricuspid Valve
Sinuses
36. Oxygen carrying components of blood -formed from stem cells in the bone marrow where they lose their nuclei - mitochodnria - and membranous organelles
Right Side of Heart
Structure of a Woody Stem
Thromboplastin
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
37. Any liquid in a thin tube will rise becaUse of the surface tension of the liquid and interactions between the liquid and the tube
Phloem
Lymphocytes
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Capillary action
38. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Capillary action
Leukocytes
Pores
Passive Immunity
39. Severe anemia for the fetus caused by Rh+ fetus
Histamine
Thromboplastin
Dorsal Vessel
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
40. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Platelets
Thrombin
Heart
Ventricles
41. Supply plant cells with nutrients and remove waste products
Antigens
Transport Systems in Plants
Semilunar valves
Systole
42. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Sympathetic System
Xylem
Apical Meristem
AV bundle (bundle of His)
43. Responsible for generating the force that propels systematic circulation and pumps against a higher resistance
Left Ventricle
Type O
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Lymphocytes
44. Epidermis (outer-bark) - cortex - phloem - cambium - xylem - and pith
Structure of a Woody Stem
Arteries
Lymphocytes
Protozoans
45. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Veins
Transpiration Pull
Pulmonary veins
Cardiac Output
46. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Pulmonary Arteries
Right Side of Heart
Macrophages
Lymphocytes
47. Smallest diameter of all three types of vessels; red blood cells must often travel through them single file
Xylem
Capillaries
Fibrovascular Bundle
Arteries
48. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Capillaries
Cardiac Output
AV bundle (bundle of His)
Macrophages
49. Involves the production of antibodies and cell-mediated immunity
Lymph nodes
Skin
Humoral Immunity
Sinoatrial (SA) node
50. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Type O
Pores
Antibodies
Oxyhemoglobin