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what is homeostasis?

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the regulation of internal conditions for cells in response to internal and external changes to maintain the best functioning environment

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why are enzymes so important?

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they control the functioning of the cell

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examples of the internal conditions controlled by homeostasis (3)

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blood glucose levels
temperature
water content of the body

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examples of internal changes (3)

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when you get hotter after exercise
when your blood glucose level goes up after eating
when you lose water in hot weather

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what are receptors?

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cells that detect changes in internal or external environment

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what are coordination centres and what do they do?

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areas that receive and process information from the receptors. they send out signals to other parts of the body to react

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what is an effector?

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something that reacts to the changes to restore optimum conditions

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what does the nervous system do?

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sends electrical impulses around the body so you can react to your surroundings

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how are electrical signals transported?

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neurones

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pathway that an impulse takes

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receptor
sensory neurone
relay neurone
motor neurone 
effector
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difference between neurone and nerve

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a nerve is a group of neurones

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what is the CNS and what does it involve?

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the central nervous system, made of brain and spinal cord

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what is a reflex?

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an automatic response

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examples of a reflex (2)

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touching something hot and moving away

something coming at your face and moving

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why are reflexes so important?

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help keep us safe, they happen so fast

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what are the three neurones involved in a reflex arc?

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sensory neurone
motor neurone
relay neurone

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what do sensory neurones do?

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carry impulses from organs to CNS

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what do relay neurones do

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connect sensory neurone and motor neurone, found in CNS

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what do motor neurones do

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carry information from CNS to body

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describe a reflex arc

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the impulse travels from receptor to sensory neurone to relay neurone in CNS to motor neurone and back to effector

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what is important to remember about reflex arc?

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doesn’t need brain’s input

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what is a synapse?

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something connecting the neurones which the impulse must travel across

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23
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what happens at the synapse?

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the electrical impulse can’t cross so releases a chemical that can and this starts a new electrical impulse at the next neurone

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why is it important reflexes don’t go to conscious area of brain?

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would take too long to process

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what does the cerebral cortex do?

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consciousness, intelligence, memory and language

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what does the cerebellum do?

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muscle activity and balance

27
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what does the medulla do

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unconscious activities like breathing, heart rate and gut movement

28
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what does the hypothalamus do?

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regulates temperature

29
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what does the pituitary gland do?

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secretes hormones for other purposes

30
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how can scientists find out about the brain? (3)

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studying people with brain damage
electrical stimulation
MRI scans

31
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how does studying people with brain damage help scientists learn about the brain?

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they can match changes in behaviour with affected areas of the brain

32
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what is the importance of the brain?

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controls everything
processes information
sends out necessary signals for response

33
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how can electrically stimulating the brain help scientists?

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they can see what effect stimulating different areas has

34
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how can MRI scans help scientists?

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it shows what area of the brain is effected by a certain problem, e.g. a tumour so they can see what effect this has on the body, for example if a person can’t walk

35
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problems with the brain

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very easily damaged and destroyed
easy to cause unintended damage in surgery
difficult to treat conditions, can’t reach with drugs

36
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function of sclera

A

tough so eye is not easily damaged

37
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function of cornea

A

lets light into eye

38
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function of iris

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controls size of pupil

39
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function of suspensory ligaments and ciliary

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changes shape of lens

40
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function of lens

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focusses light rays on retina

41
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function of retina

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sends impulses to brain along optic nerve

42
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how is light focusses on retina?

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refraction

43
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what is accommodation?

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changing the shape of the lens so you can see clearly

44
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what are the light rays form a near object like?

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very spread out

45
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what are the light rays from a distant object like?

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flat, almost parallel

46
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how does your eye change to see distant objects?

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ciliary muscles relax
suspensory ligaments puled tight
lens flat and thin
small refraction

47
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how does you eye change to see near objects?

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ciliary muscles pulled tight
suspensory ligaments relax
lens fat and thick
large refraction

48
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what is myopia?

A

short sightedness

49
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what is hyperopia?

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long sightedness

50
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what is short sightedness?

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when near objects are clear but distant ones are blurry

51
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what is hyperopia?

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distant objects are clear but near ones are blurry

52
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why does myopia happen?

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the light rays are focusses infant of the retina so the image there is blurry

53
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how to correct myopia

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concave lens; spreads out light rays so lens can focus them correctly onto retina

54
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why does hyperopia happen?

A

light is focussed behind retina?

55
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how to correct hyperopia

A

convex lens; brings light rays closer together so lens perfectly focuses on retina

56
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how is laser eye surgery used to correct myopia?

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makes lens thinner so refraction is weaker

57
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how can laser eye surgery correct hyperopia?

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changes shape of lens so refraction is stronger

58
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what is ADH and what does it do?

A

hormone

released from brain to tell kidneys how much water to retain

59
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where is ADH released from

A

pituitary gland

60
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where is insulin produed?

A

pancreas

61
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where is insulin stored?

A

liver

62
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what part of the eye controls how much light gets through?

A

iris

63
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what are the chemicals used to cross the synapse?

A

neurotransmitters

64
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what happens when adrenaline is released?

A

stimulates (increased glucose, increased heart rate, increased breathing rate)
for increased respiration
for more energy to run

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