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Sensory Reception
What is the main advantage of bei...,
What is a stimulus,
What causes organisms with more a...
17
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Nervous Control
What are the two major divisions ...,
What is the simplest type of nerv...,
What is the peripheral nervous sy...
7
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Control Of Heart Rate
What does the autonomic nervous s...,
Define autonomic,
What is the autonomic nervous sys...
16
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Coordination
What are chemical mediators,
What are the two main forms of co...,
Give two examples of chemical med...
9
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Neurones
What does the cell body of the ne...,
What are neurones,
What are dendrons
8
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The Nerve Impulse
What are the two states of a nerv...,
Define nerve impulse,
During a resting potential how is...
11
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The Action Potential
What does the negative charge of ...,
What does the energy of a stimulu...,
What is this change in the charge...
12
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Passage Of An Action Potential
How are the action potentials reg...,
How does the action potential mov...,
What is the movement of a action ...
12
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Speed Of The Nerve Impulse
What cannot be generated during t...,
Name three factors that affect th...,
Once an action potential has happ...
8
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Structure Of Ribonucleic Acid
How comes mrna can leave the nucl...,
What sort of rna transfers the dn...,
What is the genetic code
19
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Polypeptide Synthesis - Transcription And Splicing
What enzyme breaks the hydrogen b...,
What is spliced to form mrna,
Which enzyme moves along the temp...
7
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Polypeptide Synthesis - Translation
What moves to the ribosome and pa...,
What attaches to the starting cod...,
What pairs with the next codon on...
8
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Gene Mutation
What do mutations form the basis of,
Define mutation,
Define gene mutation
16
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Totipotency And Cell Specialisation
What are totipotent cells,
What affects whether a cell produ...,
How can gene expression be prevented
10
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Regulation Of Transcription And Translation
What is required before transcrip...,
What is a transcriptional factor,
When a gene is not being expresse...
15
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Structure And Function Of Synapses
How do synapses transmit impulses...,
What is a synapse,
What is the name of the neurone t...
16
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Transmission Across A Synapse
In what two ways can drugs act on...,
In what type of synapse is the ne...,
What does the arrival of an actio...
9
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Contraction Of Skeletal Muscles
If the sliding filament mechanism...,
What is the sliding filament mech...,
When a muscle contracts what chan...
21
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Principles Of Homeostasis
What is homeostasis,
By maintaining a relatively const...,
What is the internal environment ...
7
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Regulation Of Body Temperature
What could be a consequence of th...,
What could be a consequence of th...,
What is the name of the process b...
16
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Hormones And The Regulation Of Blood Glucose
Where are hormones produced,
What is an example of how differe...,
How are hormones transported and ...
21
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Diabetes And Its Control
What is type 1 diabetes,
What is diabetes,
What is type 2 diabetes
5
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The Principles Of Feedback Mechanisms
What would happen if the informat...,
What is important to happen once ...,
When does negative feedback occur
6
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Producing DNA fragments
What is an organism that contains...,
What is the combination of dna fr...,
The process of making a protein u...
11
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In Vivo Cloning
What are the two methods of cloni...,
Once the dna fragments have been ...,
How are sticky ends joined after ...
29
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In Vitro Gene Cloning
What is the pcr a method of,
What method does in vitro cloning...,
What does the pcr require in orde...
10
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Control Of The Oestrus Cycle
What is the role of fsh,
What is the role of lh,
What two hormones are produced by...
13
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The Role Of Receptors
Why is the pacinian corpuscle spe...,
How does the pacinian corpuscle p...,
What is the role of the transducer
25
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Use Of Recombinant DNA Technology
How can the genetic modification ...,
What are three main groups of sub...,
Give 4 examples of genetically mo...
4
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Gene Therapy
What is the cause of cystic fibrosis,
What is the name of the faulty ge...,
What is the role of cftr
13
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Locating And Sequencing Genes
What are the two most commonly us...,
What is a dna probe,
What are radioactively labelled p...
17
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Screening For Clinically Important Genes
What can screening determine the ...,
What can potential parents who ar...,
What else can genetic screening d...
6
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Genetic Fingerprinting
What do introns contain repetitiv...,
What is more similar in more clos...,
The making of a genetic fingerpri...
11
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Structure of skeletal muscles
What are muscles,
What are the three types of muscl...,
What are individual muscles made ...
28
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