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PCAT Biology Vascular Systems In Animals And Plants
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1. Relatively thinly walled - inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood toward the heart
Systole
Lymph
Veins
Pulmonary Arteries
2. Blood transports nutrients and O2 to tissue and wastes and CO2 from tissue -transport of gases - transport of nutrients and wste - and clotting
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Functions of Circulatory System
Pulmonary Arteries
Human Cardiovascular System
3. 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
Gamma Globulin
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
Mechanism and Control
Aortic Loops
4. Lined in passages - which filter and trap foreign particles
Allergic reactions
Stem
Immunosuppressing drugs
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
5. Converts fibrinogen (another plasma protein) into fibrin
Dorsal Vessel
Human Cardiovascular System
Thrombin
Pith
6. Located at the tips of roots and stems where division leads to increase in length
Autonomic Nervous System
Inflammatory Response
Apical Meristem
Plasma
7. Any liquid in a thin tube will rise becaUse of the surface tension of the liquid and interactions between the liquid and the tube
Diastole
Gamma Globulin
Capillary action
Thromboplastin
8. Leukocytes that migrate from the blood to tissue - where they mature into stationary cells
Sinuses
Meristem
Macrophages
Atrioventricular Valves
9. Modifies the rate of heart contraction
Type O
Mechanism and Control
Lymphatic System
Autonomic Nervous System
10. Universal recipient as it has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies
Closed Circulatory System
Oxyhemoglobin
Leukocytes
Type AB
11. Involves cells that combat fungal and viral infection
Type O
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Immune System
Annelids
12. Phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Transport Systems in Plants
Leukocytes
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Type O
13. 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
Platelet Plug
Cambium
Protozoans
Human Cardiovascular System
14. Engulf and detroy foreign particles
Apical Meristem
Rh factor
Closed Circulatory System
Macrophages
15. Responsible for the proliferationof antibodies after exposure to antigens
Root
Arterioles
Humoral Immunity
Capillary action
16. Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps
Root Hairs
Closed Circulatory System
Oxyhemoglobin
Tricuspid Valve
17. Specialized of the root epidermis with thin-walled projections increase the surface area for absorption of water and minerals from the soil
Blood Vessels
Closed Circulatory System
Root Hairs
Interferons
18. (earthworm) uses a closed circulatory system to deliver materials to cells that are not in direct contact with the external environment
Active Immunity
Interferons
Fibring
Annelids
19. Conducts impulse slowly - allowing enough time for atrial contraction and for the ventricles to fill with blood
Systole
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Active Immunity
Sinoatrial (SA) node
20. Innervates the heart via the cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and causes an increase in the ehart rate
Fibring
Structure of a Woody Stem
Histamine
Sympathetic System
21. 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)
Cambium
Cardiac Output
Annelids
Passive Immunity
22. Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward the lungs)
Leukocytes
Arthropods
Right Side of Heart
Oxyhemoglobin
23. Outer layer of xylem that is alive
Sapwood
Atria
Mechanism and Control
Clots
24. Leukocytes involved in immune response and the production of antibodies (B cells) or cytolysis of infected cells (T cells)
Lymphocytes
Dorsal Vessel
Macrophages
Humoral Immunity
25. 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
Blood Vessels
Cambium
Semilunar valves
Lymph
26. 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
Secrum
Macrophages
Lymphatic System
Cambium
27. Blood is confined to blood vessel
Heart
Closed Circulatory System
Arthropods
Capillaries
28. Prevent extensive blood loss while the damaged vessel heals itself
Immunosuppressing drugs
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Cambium
Clots
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
Protozoans
Capillary Walls
Ventricles
Leukocytes
30. 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
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Leukocytes
Antigens
Inflammatory Response
31. Actively dividing - undifferentiated cells of a plant
Left Side of Heart
Clots
Stem
Meristem
32. Cell fragments that lack nuclei and are involved in clot formation -involved in injury repair
Thrombin
Platelets
Stem
Atria
33. The period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers
Diastole
Clots
Active Immunity
Type AB
34. 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
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Plasma
Dorsal Vessel
Cnidarians
35. Exchange of gases - nutrients - and cellular waste products occurs via diffusion across this
Capillary Walls
Leukocytes
Mechanism and Control
Aortic Loops
36. Swellins along lyph vessels containing phagocytic cells that filter the lymph - removing and destroying foreign particles and pathogens
Lymph nodes
Inflammatory Response
Cambium
Immune System
37. Secondary circulatory system distinct from the cardiovascular circulation - =vessels transport lymph to the cardiovascular system - thereby keeping fluid levels in the body constant
Lymphatic System
Sinuses
Left Side of Heart
Lymphocytes
38. Systole and diastole - which together make a heartbeat
Lymphatic System
Atrioventricular (AV) Node
Contraction Phases
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
39. Secrete sweat - which contains an enzyme that attacks bacterial cell walls
Meristem
Pores
Systole
Sympathetic System
40. Transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Pulmonary Arteries
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Capillaries
41. 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
Platelets
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Rh+ Fetus
Humoral Immunity
42. Primary organ of transport in the plant
Stem
Macrophages
Vascular Bundles
Diastole
43. Attracted to the injury site phagocytize antigenic material
Granulocytes
Clots
Cell-Meediated Immunity
Erthrocytes (red blood cells RBC)
44. Another antigen that may be present on the surface of red blood cells
Transport Systems in Plants
Macrophages
Rh factor
Fibrovascular Bundle
45. Initiated by the body in response to physical damage and often accompanied by fever
Closed Circulatory System
Platelets
Inflammatory Response
Transpiration Pull
46. Composed of muscular - four-chambered heart - a network of blood vessels - and the blood itself
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Human Cardiovascular System
Humoral Immunity
Sapwood
47. Skin - mucous-coated epithelia - macrophages - inflammatory - interferons
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Vaccination
Dorsal Vessel
Systole
48. Liquid portion of the blood -aqueous mixture of nutrients - salts - respiratory gases - wastes - hormones - and blood proteins -components are erythrocytes - leukocytes - and platelets
Aorta
Mucous-Coated Epithelia
Plasma
Root Pressure
49. Include arteries - veins - and capilleries
Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms
Mitral Valve
Blood Vessels
Human Cardiovascular System
50. With the aid of its cofactors calcium and Vitamin K - converts the inactive plasma protein prothrombin to its active form - thrombin
Root
Macrophages
Thrombin
Thromboplastin