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Response and Regulation (NEW) Flashcards

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What are sense organs?

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They CONTAIN receptor cells, which detect specific stimuli and and then relay this information as electrical impulses along neurones to the central nervous system to coordinate a response

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What does the Central Nervous System consist of?

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Brain and spinal cord

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What is in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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brain and spinal cord

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What is in the Nervous System?

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the brain, spinal cord and nerves

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What are properties of reflex actions?

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Fast, automatic and protective

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How does information move from the receptors to the effector in the nervous system?

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Receptor ➟ Through sensory neurones ➟ Relay Neurones in spinal cord ➟ Through Motor Neurones ➟ Effector

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What is a sclera?

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Protective, tough white outer coat of the eye

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What is a Cornea?

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  • Allows light into eye

- refracts light

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What is an iris?

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Coloured part of eye

Contains muscles that alter the size of the pupil to CONTROL the amount of light entering the eye

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What is a pupil?

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Hole in the centre of eye which lets light enter the eye

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What is lens?

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changes shape to focus light on retina

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What is choroid?

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  • pigmented layer-
  • which absorbs light to prevent reflection.
  • prevents light being detected several times
  • Also contains blood vessels
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What is a retina?

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Light sensitive layer (photoreceptor cells) that detect light.

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What is a net blind spot?

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Where the optic nerve leaves the eye. There are no light sensitive cells here

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What is an optic nerve?

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Carries electrical impulses from retina to brain

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16
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What factors does your body need to keep constant?

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  • temperature
  • Ph
  • water
  • blood glucose conc
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17
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Why does your body need to regulate normal conditions?

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  • as our chemical reactions are controlled by catalysts called enzymes
  • changes in conditions may slow down or even stop enzymes working and thus disrupting vital chemical reactions (metabolisms)
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What are hormones?

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a chemical messengers, carried by the blood, which control many body functions
( a protein)

19
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Why do we need to keep blood glucose levels within a constant level?

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  • if present in high concentrations it can damage cells

- glucose is needed for cells for respiration

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What does your body do when blood glucose RISES?

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  • pancreas produces the hormone, insulin into the blood
  • insulin travels to LIVER
  • liver turns glucose into INSOLUBLE glycogen for storage
  • this reduces level of glucose in blood
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What is diabetes?

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a condition where you are unable to control your own blood glucose levels

22
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What is TYPE 1 Diabetes?

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the body does not produce insulin

23
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What is TYPE 2 diabetes?

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  • the pancreas still produces some insulin

- the body cells do not respond to the chemical signal from insulin

24
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What are some treatments for diabeties?

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  • Injecting insulin
  • pancreas transplants
  • low sugar/ carbohydrates diet
25
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What it the CAUSE of type 1 diabetes?

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damage to the beta cells in the pancreas which produce insulin

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What is the cause of type 2 diabetes?

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a person’s body becoming resistant to insulin

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When your blood glucose level is low, what does your body do?

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  • pancreas releases the hormone glucagon into the blood
  • travels into liver
  • insoluble glycogen is converted back to glucose
28
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How does alcohol affect the body?

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, increases the body’s reaction time. This could have fatal consequences if a person is driving a car under the influence of alcohol.
- can cause liver, circulatory and heart disease

29
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What can drugs do to the body?

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lead to dependence and addiction where people suffer withdrawal symptoms if they are unable to consume it

30
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How can you get type 2 diabetes from lifestyle choices?

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Eating too much food over a long period can contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes

31
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What hormone causes phototropism?

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Auxin

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What is tropism?

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growth movement of a plant in response to a one sided stimulus

33
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How does your boy react when you get to hot?

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  • sweat
  • ERECTOR MUSCLES
  • Vasodilation
  • no shivering
34
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What does your body do when it gets too cold?

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  • shivering, skin muscles contract and relax, rapidly generating heat, this warms up blood
  • reduce sweating
  • erector muscle CONTRACTS and the hair is pulled upright, more insulating air is trapped next to skin, more insulation
  • vasoconstriction, - Blood vessels in the skin get narrower so less blood flows to the skin surface so less heat is lost by RADIATION (cooling rate decreases)
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What is vasodilation?

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blood vessel diameter widens, more blood flows to skin surface so more heat is lost to radiation (cooling rate increases)

36
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How is sweat created when your hot?

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  • liquid sweat is made by sweat glands
  • carried up by sweat ducts
  • released by sweat pores onto the skin and evaporates removing heat energy
37
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How do ERECTOR MUSCLES work when your HOT?

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ERECTOR MUSCLES relaxes and hair lies flat, less insulating air is trapped next to skin so less insulation

38
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How does shivering work?

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skin muscles contract and relax, rapidly generating heat, this warms up blood

39
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How do ERECTOR MUSCLES work when you are cold?

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erector muscle CONTRACTS and the hair is pulled upright, more insulating air is trapped next to skin, more insulation

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How does VASOCONSTRICTION work?

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Blood vessels in the skin get narrower so less blood flows to the skin surface so less heat is lost by RADIATION (cooling rate decreases)

41
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What does your skin detect?

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Temperature and pressure

WJEC Biology GCSE (9 decks)

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