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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Innervates the heart via the vagus nerve and causes a decrease in the heart rate
Blood Vessels
Immunosuppressing drugs
Antibodies
Parasympathetic system
2. As water evaporates from the leaves of plants - a vacuum is created pulls water up the stem
Autonomic Nervous System
Capillaries
Transpiration Pull
Arteries
3. Universal donor since it will not elicit a response from the recipient's immune system because it does not possess any surface antigens
Adrenal Medulla
Type O
Arteries
Humoral Immunity
4. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Capillaries
Arteries
Pores
Diastole
5. 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
Secrum
Platelet Plug
Cambium
Cnidarians
6. The production of antibodies during an immune response -can be conferred by vaccination
Active Immunity
Autonomic Nervous System
Leukocytes
Left Side of Heart
7. In annelids - five pairs of vessels that connect the dorsal vessel to the ventral vessel and function as additional pumps
Lymphocytes
Veins
Tricuspid Valve
Aortic Loops
8. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Lymph nodes
Humoral Immunity
Antibodies
Clots
9. Tissue involved in storage of nutrients and plant support
Rh factor
Pith
Pulmonary veins
Heart
10. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Lymphatic System
Capillary Walls
Root Hairs
Capillaries
11. Leukocytes that phagocytize foreign matter and organisms such as bacteria
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Gamma Globulin
Right Side of Heart
White Blood Cells (WBC)
12. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Skin
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Transpiration Pull
Macrophages
13. Exerts hormonal control via epinepherine (adrenaline) secretion - which causes an increase in heart rate
Adrenal Medulla
Annelids
Thrombin
Macrophages
14. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Humoral Immunity
Fibrovascular Bundle
Lymph
Active Immunity
15. Any liquid in a thin tube will rise becaUse of the surface tension of the liquid and interactions between the liquid and the tube
Arterioles
Capillary action
Veins
Vascular Bundles
16. Involves the transfer of antibodies produced by another individual or organism -acquired either passively or by injection
Humoral Immunity
Thromboplastin
Passive Immunity
Phloem
17. Where exchange occurs in arthropods
Transpiration Pull
Leukocytes
Sinuses
Sinoatrial (SA) node
18. 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
Sinuses
Annelids
Platelet Plug
Heart
19. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Type O
Granulocytes
Active Immunity
Structure of a Woody Stem
20. Branches into a series of arteries
Apical Meristem
Granulocytes
Left Ventricle
Aorta
21. 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
Sinuses
Atria
Contraction Phases
22. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Lymphatic System
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Plasma
Blood Vessels
23. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Sympathetic System
Fibring
Closed Circulatory System
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
24. Specialized of the root epidermis with thin-walled projections increase the surface area for absorption of water and minerals from the soil
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Semilunar valves
Aorta
Root Hairs
25. Produced by cells under viral attack and diffuse to other cells - where they help prevent the spread of the virus
Type O
Interferons
Lymphocytes
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
26. 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
Transpiration Pull
Phloem
Dorsal Vessel
Thromboplastin
27. Coat the damaged area and trap blood cells to form a clot
Sympathetic System
Functions of Circulatory System
Fibring
Gamma Globulin
28. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Arterioles
Inflammatory Response
Veins
Immunosuppressing drugs
29. Heterotrophic cells that generally consume other cells or food particles -movement of gases and nutrients is a ccomplished by simple diffusion within the cell
Root Pressure
Protozoans
Parasympathetic system
Lymph nodes
30. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Right Side of Heart
Stem
Thrombin
Adrenal Medulla
31. Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Pulmonary veins
Rh factor
Arteries
Closed Circulatory System
32. Two upper chambers of the heart -thin walled
Atria
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Phloem
Left Side of Heart
33. Converge into venules and eventually into veins - leading deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
Autonomic Nervous System
Plasma
Capillaries
Apical Meristem
34. Where blood flows through in arthropods
Veins
Lymph nodes
Aortic Loops
Dorsal Vessel
35. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Allergic reactions
Sapwood
Pulmonary Arteries
Xylem
36. Lying between the phloem and xylem - is a type of meristem called lateral meristem that provides for lateral growth of the stem by adding to the phloem or xylem
Cambium
Left Ventricle
Tricuspid Valve
Pores
37. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Meristem
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Macrophages
Cambium
38. Phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Allergic reactions
Type AB
Leukocytes
Left Side of Heart
39. The driving force of the circulatory system
Fibrovascular Bundle
Lymphocytes
Heart
Arthropods
40. Fluid left after blood clotting
Secrum
Closed Circulatory System
Capillary Walls
Granulocytes
41. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Cambium
Root
Oxyhemoglobin
Thromboplastin
42. Branch into microscopic capillaries
Arterioles
Active Immunity
Vascular Bundles
Atrioventricular Valves
43. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Plasma
Mitral Valve
Interferons
Type AB
44. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Systole
Meristem
Skin
Capillaries
45. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Clots
Left Side of Heart
Sympathetic System
Fibring
46. 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)
Cardiac Output
Pores
Meristem
Antibodies
47. 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
Meristem
Semilunar valves
Root Pressure
48. Serve protective functions -aka WBC
Leukocytes
Humoral Immunity
Meristem
Cambium
49. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Platelet Plug
Gamma Globulin
Transpiration Pull
Sympathetic System
50. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Cambium
Pores
Macrophages
Atria