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5.1.5 Plant and animal responses Flashcards

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1
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Which neurotransmitter is present in the somatic nervous system?

A

Acetylcholine - stimulatory effect

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Which neurotransmitter is present in the sympathetic system?

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Noradrenaline

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Which neurotransmitter is present in the parasympathetic system?

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Acetylcholine

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What is the function of the cerebrum?

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Controls voluntary actions such as learning, memory, personality and conscious thought

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What is the function of the cerebellum?

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Controls unconscious functions such as balance and non voluntary movement

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What is the function of the medulla oblongata?

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Used in autonomic control e.g. controls heart rate and breathing rate

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What is the function of the hypothalamus?

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Regulatory centre for temperature and water balance

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What is the function of the pituitary gland?

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Stores and releases hormone

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What is the function of the anterior (front) pituitary?

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Produces FSH

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What is the function of the posterior (back) pituitary?

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Stores and releases hormones produced by hypothalamus e.g. ADH

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What is the pathway of a reflex arc?

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Receptor -> sensory neurone -> relay neurone -> motor neurone

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What is the stimulus in the knee jerk reflex?

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Tapping the patella and causing the patellar tendon to stretch

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In the knee jerk reflex the ______ muscle contracts and the ______ relaxes causing the leg to kick

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Extensor
Flexor

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What is the stimulus in the blinking reflex?

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  • Cornea being touched (corneal reflex)
  • Loud sound
  • Bright light (optical reflex)
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What type of reflex is the knee jerk reflex?

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Spinal (occurs in the spinal cord)

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What type of reflex is the blinking reflex?

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Cranial (occurs in the brain)

17
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What is the effector in the blinking reflex?

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Eyelid

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What is the importance of reflexes?

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  • Minimises harm to body by being a very fast response
  • Doesn’t have to be learnt so provides immediate protection form birth
  • Doesn’t require conscious thought so brain is not overstimulated
19
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What are the three types of muscles?

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  • Skeletal muscle
  • Cardiac muscle
  • Involuntary muscle (smooth muscle)
20
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What is the structure and arrangement of skeletal muscle?

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  • Striated fibres (lines on fibres)
  • Tubular fibres which are multinucleated (more than one nucleus) and regularly arranged
21
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What is the contraction length and speed in skeletal muscle?

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Short and rapid in one direction

22
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What is the structure and arrangement of cardiac muscle?

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  • Specialised striated fibres (less lines on fibres than skeletal)
  • Branched fibres which are uninucleated (only one nucleus)
23
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What is the structure and arrangement of involuntary muscle?

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  • Non-striated fibres
  • Spindle shaped fibres which are uninucleated (only one nucleus) with no regular arrangement
24
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What is the contraction length and speed in involuntary muscle?

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Long and slow in different directions

25
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What is the plasma membrane which encloses muscle fibres?

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Sarcolemma

26
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What is the shared cytoplasm between muscle fibres called?

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Sarcoplasm

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What are T tubules and what is their function?

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Parts of the sarcolemma that fold in to help spread electrical impulse through sarcoplasm so entire fibre can contract

28
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Why do muscle fibres have a lot of mitochondria?

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Provide ATP needed for muscle contraction

29
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What does the sarcoplasmic reticulum contain?

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Calcium ions required for muscle contraction

30
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What types of protein filaments are myofibrils made of?

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Actin - thinner
Myosin - thicker

31
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What are I bands?

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The lighter coloured bands where only actin is present and there is no overlap between the myosin filaments and actin

32
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What are A bands?

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The darker coloured bands where there is myosin present and an overlap between myosin filaments and actin

33
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What is a Z line?

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Line found at the centre of the light band

34
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What is the distance between adjacent Z lines called?

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Sarcomere

35
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What is the H zone?

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Lighter coloured region in centre of dark band where only myosin filaments are present

(OCR A) - A-level Biology (26 decks)

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