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What are tannins

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phenolic compounds, located in cell vacuoles or in surface wax on plants - toxic to microorganisms and larger herbivores

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what are alkaloids

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organic nitrogen-containing bases that have important physiological effect on animals

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what are pheromones

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any chemical released by 1 living thing which influences the behaviour or physiology of another living thing

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what is geotropism

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a directional growth response, made by plants, to gravity

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what is chemotropism

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a directional growth response, in plants, to chemicals

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what is phototropism

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a directional growth response, made by plants, to light

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what is thigmotropism

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a directional growth response, in plants, to the stimulation of touch

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role of cytokinins

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  • promote cell division
  • delay leaf senescence (go yellow/brown)
  • overcome apical dominance
  • promote cell expansion
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role of abscisic acid

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  • inhibits seed growth+germination

- causes stomatal closure when plant is stresses by low water availability

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role of auxins

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  • promote cell elongation
  • inhibit growth of side-shoots
  • inhibit leaf abscission (leaf falls)
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role of gibberellins

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-promote seed germination +growth of stems

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role of ethene

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promotes fruit ripening

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experimental evidence for role of gibberellins

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  • found by comparing GA₁ concentration in tall+short pea plants
  • tall plants higher concentration
  • tall genotypes (Le Le) can process GA₁ from GA₂₀ so plants grow taller
  • dwarf genotype (le le) do not produce enzyme that creates GA₁ (gibberellins) from GA₂₀ so are short as do not produce gibberellins
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commercial uses of auxins

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  • rooting powder
  • seedless fruit
  • herbicides (weed killers)
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commercial uses of cytokinins

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  • prevents yellowing of lettuce

- helps mass-produce plants

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commercial uses of gibberellins

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  • fruit production (delays senescence)
  • brewing (speeds things up)
  • sugar production (makes more sugar (stem elongates))
  • plant breeding (induces seed formation on young conifer trees)
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commercial uses of ethene

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  • speeds up fruit ripening
  • promotes fruit drop
  • storing fruit at low temps stops ethene synthesis (fruits stored for longer)
  • silver salts also inhibit ethene synthesis
  • promotes lateral growth (compact flowering stems)
  • promotes female sex expression in cucumbers 🥒 (ensures they aren’t bitter + increases yield)
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what is the peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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the sensory and motor nerves connecting the sensory receptors and effectors to the CNS
-divided into sensory system and motor system

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what is the central nervous system (CNS)

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the central part of the nervous system composed of the brain and spinal cord
-divided into brain and spinal cord

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what is the motor system

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the motor system conducts action potentials from the CNS to the effectors.
-divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system

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what is the somatic nervous system

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the motor neurones under conscious control, such as the skeletal muscles
-conduct action potentials from the CNS to the effectors that are under voluntary (conscious) control, neurones are mostly myelinated so that responses can be rapid

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what is the autonomic nervous system

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consists of motor neurones that conduct action potentials from the CNS to effectors that are not under voluntary control e.g. cardiac muscle
-neurones mostly non myelinated as responses do not need to be rapid

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what is the sympathetic system + effects include

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part of autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for activity

  • increases HR
  • dilates pupils
  • increased ventilation rate
  • reduced digestive activity
  • orgasm
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what is the parasympathetic system + effects include

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part of the autonomic system that regulated physiological functions when the body is at rest

  • decreases HR
  • constricts pupils
  • reduces ventilation rate
  • increases digestive activity
  • sexual arousal
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what are the different parts of the human brain

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cerebrum
cerebellum
hypothalamus and pituitary complex
medulla oblongata
skull
corpus callosum
pons
spinal cord
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what does the cerebrum do

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  • largest part and organises most of our higher thought processes, such as conscious thought and memory
  • divided into 2 central hemispheres
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what does the cerebellum do

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coordinates movement and balance

-receives info from many sensory receptors + processes the info accurately

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what does the hypothalamus do

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coordinates homeostatic responses

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what does the medulla oblongata do

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coordinates many of the autonomic response
e.g.
-cardiac centre
-vasomotor centre
-respiratory centre
these centres receive sensory info and coordinate vital functions by negative feedback

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what does the pituitary gland do

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endocrine gland at the base of the brain, below but attached to the hypothalamus; the anterior lobe secretes many hormones; the posterior lobe stores and releases hormones made in the hypothalamus

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what ‘higher brain’ functions does the cerebrum control

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  • conscious thought
  • conscious actions (including the ability to override some reflexes)
  • emotional responses
  • intelligence, reasoning, judgement, decision making
  • factual memory
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structure of the cerebrum

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-2 central hemispheres, connected via major tracts of
neurones called the corpus callosum.
-the outermost layer of the cerebrum consists of a thin layer of nerves cell bodies called the cerebral cortex

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subdivision of the cerebrum

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  • sensory areas receive action potentials indirectly from the sensory receptors
  • association areas compare sensory inputs with previous experience, interpret what the input means and judge and appropriate response
  • motor areas send action potentials to various effectors
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how are the cerebrum and cerebellum connected

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by the pons

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examples of homeostatic mechanisms that the hypothalamus controls

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  • temp regulation, detects change in the core temp, also receives sensory input from temp receptors in the skin
  • osmoregulation, contains osmoreceptors that monitor the water potential in the blood, responses are mediated by the hormonal system via the pituitary gland
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what is the knee jerk reflex

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a reflex action that straightens the leg when the tendon below the knee cap is tapped
-spinal reflex, nervous pathway passes through the spinal cord rather than through the brain

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what is the blinking reflex

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-reflex is a cranial reflex as the nervous pathway passes through part of the brain
-reflex arc
can be stimulated by:
a foreign object touching the eye
loud sounds
sudden bright light
sudden movements close to the eye

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survival value of reflexes

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  • used to get out of danger
  • avoid damage to part of the body
  • maintain balance
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fight or flight response

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  • pupils dilate (more light)
  • HR + BP increase (more O2 & glucose to muscles)
  • blood glucose levels + metabolic rate increase (more energy)
  • endorphins (natural painkillers) released in brain
  • ventilation rate+depth increase
  • erector pili muscles in skin contract makes hairs stand on end
  • blood is diverted from skin&gut to heart, lungs + skeletal muscles as certain arterioles constrict whilst other dilate
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coordination of the fight or flight response

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  1. inputs feed into the sensory centres in the cerebrum
  2. the cerebrum passes signals to the association centres
  3. if a threat is recognised, the cerebrum stimulates the hypothalamus
  4. the hypothalamus increases activity in the sympathetic nervous system and stimulates the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland
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mechanism of adrenaline action

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  1. adrenaline binds to adrenaline receptor on plasma membrane. receptor is associated with a G protein which is stimulated to activate the enzyme adenyl cyclase
  2. adenyl cyclase converts ATP to cyclic AMP (cAMP) ➡️ second messenger inside the cell
  3. cAMP causes an effect inside the cell activating enzyme action
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the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary

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hypothalamus secretes releasing hormones into the blood. these pass down a portal vessel to the pituitary gland and stimulate the release of tropic hormones from the anterior part of the pituitary gland. these stimulate activity in a variety of endocrine glands

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control of heart rate by the cardiovascular centre

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  • action potentials sent don a sympathetic nerve (the accelerant nerve) cause the release of the neurotransmitter noradrenaline at the SAN. this increases the HR
  • action potential sent down the vagus nerve release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which reduces to HR
  • (sensory input) stretch receptors in the muscles detect movement of the limbs, these send impulses to the cardiovascular centre, informing it that extra O2 may soon be needed ➡️ leads to an increased HR
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how does a low blood pH affect the heart rate

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  • exercise produces more CO2, some reacts with water in blood plasma to produce carbonic acid, lowering pH of blood
  • change detected by chemoreceptors which send action potentials to the cardiovascular centre, which tends to increase the HR
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how does conc of CO2 affect HR

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  • when we stop exercising. the conc of CO2 in blood falls

- reduces the activity of the accelerator pathway, therefore the HR declines

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how does blood pressure affect HR

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  • an increase in bp is detected by stretch receptors in the walls of the carotid sinus
  • if bp is too high, the stretch receptors send action potentials to the cardiovascular centre, leading a reduction in HR
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cardiac muscle

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muscle found in the heart walls

  • myogenic
  • made of muscle fibres connected by intercalated discs which have low electrical resistance so nerve impulses pass easily between cells
  • muscle fibres are branched to allow nerve impulses to spread quickly throughout the whole muscle
  • each muscle fibre has 1 nucleus, shaped like cylinders
  • contract rhythmically and don’t fatigue
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involuntary muscle

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smooth muscle that contracts without conscious control

  • found in walls of hollow internal organs eg. gut, blood vessels
  • each muscle fibre has 1 nucleus + bundles of actin & myosin
  • muscle fibres are spindle shaped with pointed ends and
  • contract slowly and don’t fatigue
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skeletal (striated) muscle

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muscle under voluntary control

  • made of many muscle fibres that have many nuclei
  • some contract quickly, used for speed & strength but fatigue quickly
  • some contract slowly and fatigue slowly, used for endurance & posture
  • contractions stimulated by the somatic nervous system
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neuromuscular junction

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the auction between the nervous system and the muscle is called this. it has many similarities to a synapse

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stimulation of contraction

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  1. action potentials arriving at the end of the axon open Ca2+ channels in the membrane. Ca2+ floods into the end of the axon
  2. vesicles of acetylcholine move towards + fuse with the end membrane
  3. acetylcholine molecules diffuse across the gap and fuse with receptors in the sarcolemma
  4. this opens Na- channels which allow Na- to enter the muscle fibre causing depolarisation of the sarcolemma
  5. a wave of depolarisation spreads along the sarcolemma and down transverse tubules into the muscle fibres
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structure of skeletal muscle

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muscle ➡️ bundle ➡️ fibres (mutinuclei) ➡️ myofibril ➡️ sarcomere ➡️ protein filaments

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sliding filament theory

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  1. myosin & actin filaments slide over one another to make the sarcomeres contract
  2. sarcomeres return to their original lengths as the muscle relaxes
    - myosin filaments have globular heads and binding sites
    - binding sites in resting muscles are blocked by tropomyosin
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ATP in muscle contraction

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  1. action potentials trigger and influx of calcium ions
    - Ca2+ binds to troponin
    - myosin head binds to the exposed site
    - actin-myosin cross-bridge formed
  2. ATP provides the energy needed to move the myosin head and bread the cross bridge, ADP and Pᵢ released, myosin head reattaches to the next binding site
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what happens when the muscles stop being stimulated

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calcium iOnS leave their binding sites on the troponin molecules, actin filaments slide back, tropomyosin blocks the binding sites again

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how is ATP regenerated ?

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by aerobic respiration

-only works when theres O2 so good for long periods of low intensity exercise

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how is ATP regenerated by anaerobic respiration

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-ATP made rapidly, however it produces lactic acid which causes fatigue

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how is ATP regenerated by ATP-Creatine Phosphate (CP) System

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ADP + CP ➡️ ATP + C(creatine)

  • cp is stored inside cells but runs out quickly
  • anaerobic + doesn’t form lactic acid
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how is ATP regenerated by ATP-Creatine Phosphate (CP) System

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ADP + CP ➡️ ATP + C(creatine)

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how do neuromuscular junctions work

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  • they use the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) which binds to receptors (called nicotinic cholinergic receptors)
  • causes depolarisation of the muscle cell causing it to contract (if the threshold level is reached)
  • acetylcholinesterase (AChE) stored in post synaptic membrane release to break down acetylcholine after use

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