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what is cellular respiration?

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A chemical reaction that takes place in air cells

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and what is gaseous exchange? 

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The diffusion of oxygen from the air in Gaviola into the blood, and of the carbon dioxide from the blood into the air in the alveoli 

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explain the steps of breathing

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when we breathe in air first passes through a nose or mouth, the air moves down or trachea it, then further divided between our bronchioles from there it divides between out two bronchi lastly it reaches our aveoli 

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where does gas exchange take place?

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Alveoli

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why is aveoli a good?

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enormous surface area, moist lining, gases dissolve, thin walls, good blood supply, one cell thick

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what are alveoli surrounded by?

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Capillaries

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where are salivary amylase, produced, its substrate, and what products are formed 

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It’s produced in the saliva re glands. Its substrate is starch and maitose is formed.

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pepsin
•produced
•substrate
•products former

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•stomach
•protein
•amino acids

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trypsin

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•pancreas
•protein
•amino acids

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10
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Where does the blood to go through?

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Vena cava

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What does the hearts contain to prevent blood from flowing backwards?

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Valves

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What is a group of cells called?

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pacemaker

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White blood cells

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Large cells, which have a nucleus
defence system,
Lymphocytes produce antibodies 

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plasma 

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liquid portion of your blood
Transport
Worst carbon dioxide made by cells carry to lungs
Carries a red and white blood cells and paletes

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Red blood cells

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Collect oxygen
Packed with haemoglobin binds oxygen
No nucleus, allowing space for haemoglobin
Transports oxygen to needed cells

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platelets

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no nucleus
Blood clotting

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what happens to the diaphragm when you inhale and exhale?

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 The diaphragm contracts, when inhaling in relaxes and moves up when exhaling

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What happens to the diaphragm muscle and inhaling and exhaling?

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When inhaling it contracts, when exhaling it relaxes

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what happens to the volume in the chest cavity when inhaling and exhaling

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When inhaling it increases, and when exhaling, it gets smaller

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What happens to the ribs when inhaling and exhaling?

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When inhaling the ribs go up and down, and when exhaling, they relax

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What happens to the intercostal muscles when inhaling and exhaling?

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When inhaling the contract when exhaling, they relax

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what are chemicals in cigarettes that are linked to causing cancer?

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Nicotine, tar,carbon monoxide, formaldehyde

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What are the risk factors for a cardiovascular diseases?

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High cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, and obesity

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when do coronary arteries become blocked? and why does it effect someone?

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 When Layaigh is a fatty material called plaque buildup along the artery walls, this causes the arteries to become restricted cutting of oxygen supply to the heart

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what is heart failure?
Air condition where the heart is feeling to pump sufficient blood around the body at the appropriate pressure
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What are the pros and cons of stents?
Pros are it is quick and long-lasting cons, a surgery risk of infection
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pros and cons of statins
Pros are good cholesterol. cons are taken regularly headaches, and kidney failure
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pros and cons of replacement valves
praise are strong and long-lasting, cons are can clot and wear out
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pros and cons of heart transplant
Can work, but the cons a shortage of donor hearts and need to be tissue matched
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what are the cons of artificial hearts?
Motor might fail, bloodflow isn’t as smooth
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What is a tumour? 
an abnormal mass of cells 
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how do you tumours form?
When a group of cells, undergo uncontrolled growth and division
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what are benign tumours? 
they are growth of abnormal cells that are contained in one area, usually within a membrane and do not evade other tissues
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what are malignant tumours? 
They invade neighbouring tissues, and spread to different parts of the body in the blood, where they from secondary tumours
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 what tumour does cancer refer to?
malignant
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what is metastasis?
When a cancer cell is spread to new areas of the body
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mitosis
Part of the cell cycle, where one set of new chromosomes is Paul to each end of the cell, forming two identical nuclei during cell division
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risk factors of lung cancer
Caused by smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, pollution, family
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skin cancer
Exposure to sunrise sunbeds, first skin, red hair, age, moles and freckles 
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cervical cancer
HPV virus being overweight, smoking family, history, sexual transmits
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Breast cancer
Age women are at greater risk, inherited genes, race, and ethnicity
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testicular cancer
Men, born with abnormal testicles, middle-aged men, race, family history,tall men, infertility, sexually transmitted
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Brain tumours
Age being overweight medical radiation, smoking alcohol previous cancers, genetic history
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what form an organ system
 the stem route and leaves
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Root hair cell
increase the surface area over which osmosis takes place lots of active transport
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why a sales pack for chloroplasts that are long
Maximise photosynthesis
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What are stomata?
Stomata a tiny holes found on the top and underside of a leaf
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what do the pores of stomata allow it to do?
They allow carbon dioxide to diffuse into the leaf and oxygen and water to diffuse out of the leaf
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what happens when the guard cells are filled with water?
They are turoid and the stomata opens
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what happens when the guard cells lose water?
They become flaccid, and the stomata closes
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What is xylem?
It transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves
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what is phloem
It transports food from the leaves to the rest of the plant
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what are vascular bundles?
Pipe like structures in the plants