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Nervous and hormonal control (part 2) Flashcards

1
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What is a stimulus?

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Any change in the internal or external environment

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2
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What do receptors do?

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Receptors detect stimuli – they can be cells or proteins on cell surface membranes

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What do effectors do?

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They bring about a response to a stimulus to produce an effect
Eg muscles cells

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How do receptors communicate with effectors?

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Via the nervous or hormonal system

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5
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How does the eye respond to dim light?

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  • Light receptors in the eyes detect a lack of light
  • The CNS processes information
  • The radial muscles in the iris are stimulated by the motor neurones
  • The radial muscles contract to dilate the pupils
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How does the eye respond to bright light?

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  • Light receptors in the eyes detect bright light
  • The CNS processes the information
  • The circular muscles in the iris are stimulated by the motor neurones
  • The circular muscles contract to constrict the pupils
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What is the hormonal system comprised of?

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Glands and hormones

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What is a gland?

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A group of cells that are specialised to secrete a useful substance such as a hormone
Eg the pancreas secretes insulin

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What is a hormone?

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A ‘chemical messenger’ – many are proteins or peptides but some are steroids

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When are hormones secreted?

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When a gland is stimulated

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How can glands be stimulated x2

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  • By a change in concentration of a substance eg another hormone
  • Electrical impulses
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Describe how hormones trigger a response in target cells (use blood glucose):

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  • Receptors on pancreas cells detect low blood glucose concentration
  • The pancreas releases the hormone glucagon into the blood
  • Target cells in the liver detect glucagon and convert glycogen into glucose
  • Glucose is released into the blood so glucose concentration increase
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Differences between nervous and hormonal system x4:

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  • Nervous uses electrical impulses, hormonal uses chemicals
  • Nervous has a faster response, hormonal has a slower response
  • Nervous has a localised response, hormonal has a widespread response
  • Nervous has a short-lived response, hormonal has a long-lived response
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Nervous system: What are photoreceptors?

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Light receptors in the eye

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15
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What part of the eye controls the amount of light entering?

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The muscles of the iris

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16
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What part of the eye contains photoreceptors?

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The retina

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17
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Which part of the retina has an abundance of photoreceptors?

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The fovea

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18
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Name the two types of photoreceptors:

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Rods and cones

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19
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Where are rods found + what do they do?

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Mainly found in the peripheral parts of the retina

They deliver information in black and white

20
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Where are cones found + what do they do?

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In the fovea

They deliver information in colour

21
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What are the three types of cone?

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Red-sensitive, blue-sensitive, green-sensitive

22
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What happens to rod cells when stimulated by light?

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They become hyperpolarised

23
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What is the light-sensitive pigment found in rod cells called and what is it made of?

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Rhodopsin is made of retinal and opsin

24
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What happens to rod cells in the dark?

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  • Sodium ions diffuse into the rod cells, depolarising the cell
  • Neurotransmitters are released across the synapse to the bipolar neurone
  • Inhibitory response occurs so the bipolar neurone does not depolarise, and no action potential is fired
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What happens to rod cells in the light?

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  • Rhodopsin absorbs light and breaks down into retinal and opsin
  • Opsin activated a cascade of reactions that result in the closing of cation channels
  • Sodium cannot diffuse into the rod cells, so the cell membrane becomes hyperpolarised
  • No release of neurotransmitters so there is no inhibition of the bipolar neurone, so it depolarises, delivering an action potential to the brain via the optic nerve
26
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What is a tropism?

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A plants growth response to an external directional stimulus

27
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What is a positive/negative tropism?

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Positive = grow towards the stimulus 
Negative = grow away from the stimulus
28
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Relationship between roots/shoots and light:

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Shoots are positively phototropic

Roots are negatively phototropic

29
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Relationship between roots/shoots and gravity:

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Shoots are negatively geotropic

Roots are positively geotropic

30
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How are plant responses brought about?

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They respond using growth factors that either speed up or slow down plant growth

31
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Where are growth factors produced?

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In growing regions of the plant eg shoot tips and move to where needed

32
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How do auxins stimulate growth in shoots?

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By cell elongation – cells walls become lose and stretchy so get longer

33
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What do high concentrations of auxins do to roots?

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Inhibit growth

34
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Name 4 other growth factors:

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Gibberellins – stimulate flowering
Cytokinin – stimulate cell division
Ethene – stimulates fruit ripening
ABA – stimulates leaf fall

35
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What is IAA?

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An important auxin produced in the tips of shoots in flowering plants

36
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How does IAA control cell elongation and growth?

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When IAA enters the nucleus of a cell it can regulate the transcription of genes involved in elongation and growth

37
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How is IAA transported over short distances?

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Active transport and diffusion

38
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How is IAA transported over short distances?

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Active transport and diffusion

39
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How is IAA transported over longer distances?

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Phloem

40
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How do plants detect light?

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Using photoreceptors called phytochromes

41
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Where are phytochromes found?

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Leaves, seeds, roots, and stems

42
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What two states do phytochromes exist in?

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Pr and Pfr

43
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What light + wavelength does Pr absorb?

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Pr absorbs red light at a wavelength of 660nm

44
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What light and wavelength does Pfr absorb?

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Far-red light at a wavelength of 730nm

45
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What is Pr converted to in red light?

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Converted quickly into Pfr

46
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What is Pfr converted to in far-red light?

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Converted quickly into Pr

47
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What happens to Pfr in darkness?

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Slowly converted into Pr

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