Final Exam (Lecture Exam 4) Flashcards
What is dermal tissue?
outside tissue
What is vascular tissue?
tissue that transports sugar and water
What is ground tissue?
filter tissue (function depends on placement)
Explain mycorrhizal relationships with plant nutrition
thread-like strands surround the root and increase absorptive surface area
Explain root nodules and their importance in plant nutrition
small swellings filled with bacteria that fix nitrogen for the plant
What is the role of the endodermis?
to regulate what enters vascular tissue
What role does the Casparian strip have?
the waxy band creates a barrier
What’s the function of the plant cuticle?
keep and store water
What are the structure and functions of roots?
Functions: anchorage and support, mineral nutrient and water absorption, reproduction, food storage
Structure: cells are added to root length and cap, root cap and root cortex
What are the structure and functions of stems?
Functions: primary (in meristem tissue) and secondary growth
Structure: long tube used for growth
What are the structure and functions of leaves?
Structure: dermal tissue, stomata
Functions: gas exchange in stomata
What is meristem tissue?
site of primary and secondary growth in stems
What is primary growth?
elongation of the stem and roots that all plants undergo in the meristem tissue
What is secondary growth?
growth in plant width, mitosis pushes cells out; wood is secondary xylem
How does water move through roots to leaves?
water evaporates from the cells in the leaf and out the stomata, water molecules stick to one another and to the walls of xylem cells, this creates a water tension and molecules move up through xylem
What are xylem cells?
cells that transport water and minerals (xylem sap), dead
What are phloem cells?
cells that transport sugar (phloem sap), alive
What are stomata cells?
cells on the bottom of leaves that allow gases to enter for gas exchange
What is the pressure-flow mechanism in plants?
sugar is loaded from the source cell to the phloem by active transport, sugar concentration increases, water moves by osmosis, then at a sink call the sugar is unloaded out of the phloem, water then moves back into the phloem
Extracellular Digestion
nutrients are broken down outside the cell in specialized compartments
Intracellular Digestion
enzymes break down food inside the cells
Incomplete Digestion System
cavity or sac with a single opening serves as a mouth and anus, includes a gastrovascular cavity (coral, hydra, flay worms)
Complete Digestive System
a tube extending between two openings, a mouth and an anus (a more diverse and specialized diet)
What animals have highly modified digestive systems?
herbivores, carnivores, ruminants and birds
What is the function of the human stomach?
mix and store food, store 2 liters of food and water, and controls the passage of the small intestine
How is food absorbed in the small intestine?
the duodenum (smallest section) receives enzymes from the liver and pancreas, the jejunum utilizes secretions from the duodenum for digestion
What are villi and microvilli?
Villi: finger-like projections on the wall of the intestine
Microvilli: tiny projections on epithelial cells of villi
What are the animal teeth types?
Carnivores:
Reduced incisors
Enlarged canines for sheering flesh
Molars are reduced
Rodents:
Large incisors to knaw food
No canines
Molars to grind food
Grazing animals:
Incisors are for specialized for clipping off plant material
Canines are absent
Molars are massive with grinding surface
Omnivores:
teeth are relatively unspecialized
What is the type of gas exchange in animals?
entire body surface (no circulatory system or diffusion into the circulatory system), tracheal system (air tubes that extend throughout the body), gills (specialized for water), lungs (pair of internal, thin-walled, moistened sacs)
What makes bird gas exchange efficient?
gas exchange occurs in their lungs, lungs are connected to a series of air sacs
What makes gills efficient?
the gills hold the weight of the water
What is the inhalation process?
the diaphragm relaxes, increasing space in chest cavity, pulls air into lungs
What is the tracheal system for insects?
the movement of insects allows for oxygen to enter faster, their circulatory system is only used for nutrient transport
What is the nasal cavity?
lined with hair and mucus that filter dust; warms and moistens air
what is the pharynx (throat)?
epiglottis filters food and air
what is the larynx?
voicebox, shape can change based on air pressure
what is the trachea?
windpipe, ribbed to prevent collapsing
what is the bronchi?
one of the two tubes that join the trachea to lungs
what are the bronchioles?
highly branched for gas exchange, “little trees”
what are the alveoli?
cup-shaped sacs at the end of the bronchioles that are covered with capillaries
What is an open circulatory system?
no capillaries, hemolymph (circulating fluid that directly contacts tissues), some cells have no oxygen
What is a closed circulatory system?
have capillaries, blood is contained within vessels, blood is separate from interstitial fluid, more efficient flow