PHARMACEUTICALS

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Axon

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Conducts messages away from the cell body

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Mylien sheaf

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Surrounds and protects the axon and makes sure the electrical impulse only travels in one direction

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CNS

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Consists of the brain an the spinal cord

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PNS

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Consists of all the nerves situated outside of the brain and spinal cord

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PNS (parts)

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Somatic nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

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Somatic nervous system

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All the nerves controlling muscular system and external sensory receptors

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Autonomic nervous system

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Consists of the nerves that control internal organs

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Sensory neurones

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Carry messages from receptors to the CNS

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Motor neurones

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Transmit messages from the CNS to the effectors

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Interneurones

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Are found in the CNS and connect one type of Neurone to another

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Sense organs

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Allow for information to make its way to the nervous system and allow to the input of pain pressure and temperature

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Receptors

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Structures that recognise a stimulus

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Effectors

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Organs that carry out the body’s actions in response to motor neurone signals

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Dendrites

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Receive information from another nerve cell and transmit the message to the body

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Plasma

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Is the liquid portion of the blood it distributes substances it contains as it circulates throughout the body

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Haemoglobin

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A component of red blood cells that is responsible for carrying oxygen around the body

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White blood cells

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Part of our immune system and help fight infection

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White blood cells (types)

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Neutrophil
Eosinophil
Basophil
Monocyte
Lymphocyte

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Platelets

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Help blood clot and are formed in the bone marrow

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Pathogens

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Are microscopic organisms that can cause disease they include bacteria and viruses

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Phagocytosis

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The process by which white blood cells move from the blood to the tissues where the ingest and destroy foreign material

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Lymphocytes

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A type of white blood cell that when contacted by pathogens produce antibodies

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Antibodies

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Help destroy pathogens

The end of the antibody acts as a signal to the phagocytes to destroy the pathogen

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Antigens

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Are a protein or carbohydrate that is able to provoke the immune system of the host

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Inflammation

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A localised protective response of the cells in the body

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Prostaglandins

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Chemicals that are released by cells that become stressed during inflammation that work to increase the effect of the inflammatory response

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Analgesics

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A drug used to treat pain eg paracetamol

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MRSA

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A type of bacteria that is responsible for difficult to treat infections

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Antibiotic resistance

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When a bacterium that use to be killed by a drug is not affected anymore

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Microbiology

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The study of any microscopic organism

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Lister

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The first person to apply antiseptic treatment and he introduced antiseptic surgery

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Koch

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He discovered the bacteria that caused anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera

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Pasteur

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Created Pasteurisation and proved microorganisms that cause disease are carried in the air
He discovered infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms
He created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax

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Antibiotic

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Is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria

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Penicillin

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A type of antibiotic that is active against bacteria when they divide during binary fission