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L1 Introduction
Basic background info about eukaryotic cells
21
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L2 The Cytoskeleton
Understand the three main components (their form, function and location) of the cytoskeleton and associated proteins.
23
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L8-11 Excitable Cells
The action potential in a neurone...,
An action potential is a rapid ch...,
Resting membrane potential rmp em is
43
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L3 Cell Cycle
Understand the process and regulation of cell growth and division in context of the cell cycle, including mitosis and how this affects organismal health and development
27
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L6-7 Membrane Transport
Understand types of membrane transport and the types of protein through which they occur.
21
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L4-5 Water & Electrolytes
Understand the composition and role of the body fluid compartments in terms of osmosis and membrane permeability.
13
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L12-13 Excitable Cells CNS / PNS
The human nervous system can be d...,
The cns comprises,
The pns comprises
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L14 General Principles of Cell Signalling
Cell signalling is the transfer o...,
Cell signalling results in the co...,
Cell communicate via
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L11 Muscle Contraction
Muscle cells are known as,
Muscle fibres are 100 m in diamet...,
Muscle fibres are made up of bund...
29
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L15-16 Signalling Through Cell Surface Receptors
Cell surface receptors you need t...,
G protein linked cell surface rec...,
G proteins convert signals form o...
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L17 Regulation of Cell Signalling
Different cells respond different...,
Different responses to the same s...,
An example of the same signal and...
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L14 Cell Signalling
What percentage of eukaryotic gen...,
Signalling over very short distan...,
Gap junction signalling works via...
52
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L19 Biophysics
Water is often called the univers...,
Water is has an unusually high bo...,
Small ionic compounds dissolves i...
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L25 Hormones & Intercellular Communication
There are 4 main categories of in...,
Under the classical definition th...,
Hormone
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L26 Hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland
Growth hormone releasing hormone ...,
The hypothalamus plays a key role in,
The pituitary gland is divided in...
20
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L22 Biophysics: Kinetics
Kinetic energies follow a,
The maxwell boltzmann distributio...,
The mean kinetic energy of a solu...
22
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L27 Thyroid
The thyroid is the largest of the,
The thyroid regulates,
The thyroid has wide ranging effe...
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L28 Adrenal Glands
The adrenal glands are located on...,
A transverse section of the adren...,
The adrenal medulla is made from ...
45
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L29 Reproductive System
The gonads have dual functions,
The testes secrete,
The ovaries secrete
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L23 Biophysics: Acids, Bases & Buffers
The concentration of water in a s...,
By ignoring h2o we can consider h...,
Acids produce
20
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L20-21 Biophysics: Thermodynamics
Internal energy u is the capacity...,
The first law of thermodynamics s...,
In a closed system it is easy to ...
14
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