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Co-ordination and response Flashcards

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What are Receptors?

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Receptors detect stimuli. Receptors in sense organs are cells which detect external stimuli.

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What are Effectors?

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Cells that bring about a response to stimuli. They include muscle cells and cells found in glands. Muscle effectors contract and gland effectors secrete hormones

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What is a Synapse?

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The connection between two neurones is called a synapse.

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What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)

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The Brain and Spinal cord only.

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What is the Nervous Cystem

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All the neurones (nerve cells) in your body.

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What are the three types of neurone?

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  • Sensory
  • Relay
  • Motor
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What is a neurotransmitter?

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Chemicals which transfer nerve signals across the synapse through diffusion across the gap

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What is a reflex arc?

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Reflexes are automatic responses to certain stimuli which reduce the chance of an injury.

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What part of the CNS does a reflex arc go through?

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Typically the spinal cord but it can go through the unconcious part of the brain.

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Why are reflex arcs faster than a normal one?

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Because you don’t need to think about the response (which takes time).

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What does a relay neurone do?

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Relays the impulse to a motor neurone from a sensory neurone.

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What is the order of neurones receiving the impulse?

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Sensory -> Relay -> Motor

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What is the function of the Conjunctiva?

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Lubricates and protects the eye

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What is the function of the Cornea?

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Refracts light into the eye

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What is the function of the Iris?

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Controls the diameter of the pupil.

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What is the function of the Lens?

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Focuses light onto the retina

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What is the function of the Retina?

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Converting light into neural pictures

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What is the function of the Optic Nerve?

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Transports information to the brain

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What is the function of the Sclera?

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Tough outer layer that protects the eye

20
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Function of the pupil?

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The iris changes pupil size to allow varying light levels into the eye

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What is accommodation of the eye?

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Changing the shape of the lens to focus light onto the retina.

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How is the eye changed when looking at distant objects?

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1) The cilary muscles relax, allowing the suspensory ligaments to tighten.
2) This thins the lens (less curved).
3) So it refracts less light.

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How does the eye accommodate to close objects?

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1) The cilary muscles contract, which slackens the suspensory ligaments.
2) The lens becomes more fat.
3) So it increases the refracted light.

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What are 3 main differences between nerves and hormones

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Nerves Hormone

1) Very Fast message / Slower message
2) Short time response / Long time response
3) Act on a precise area / Act on a more general area

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Where are Hormones produced?

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Glands

26
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What carries hormones round the body?

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They are carried in the blood plasma but only effect target cells.

27
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What is human body temp kept at?

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Fluctuating around 37*C

28
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Define Homeostasis:

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The maintenance of a constant internal environment

29
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How does the body cool itself down when it is too hot?

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  • Sweating
  • Vasodilation
  • Hairs lie flat
30
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How does the body heat itself up when it is too cold?

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  • Little sweat produced
  • Shivering
  • Vasoconstriction
  • Hairs erect
31
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Which organisms can lose or gain heat very quickly

- Large or Small ones?

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Small, this is because they have a huge SA:V ratio and there is more area for heat to transfer across.

32
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Why do plants grow towards light?

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To maximise the light intensity and absorption of light for maximised photosynthesis.

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What is Auxin?

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The plant growth hormone

34
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What is Auxin’s effect on the root and on the shoot?

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Root = Inhibits growth
Shoot = Promotes growth
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Where is Auxin produced?

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In the tip of the plant

36
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Which organ produces bile?

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Liver

37
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Where is bile stroed?

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Gall Bladder

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