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Eukaryotic Cells
Define the terms eukaryotic and p...,
Outline the structure of the nucl...,
What is the function of the nucle...
31  cards
Cell Specialisation + Organisation
Why are specialised cells shaped ...,
How do cells become specialised 2,
Shape varies between specialised ...
13  cards
Prokaryotic Cells
What are prokaryotic cells 1,
What are the key structural diffe...,
What are the additional structure...
9  cards
Viruses
What are viruses 1,
Are viruses considered living or ...,
How do viruses replicate the repl...
8  cards
Studying Cells: Microscopes.. Magnification..
There are three key microscopes w...,
Electron microscopes have two var...,
What is the definition of magnifi...
20  cards
Cell Cycle + Mitosis
How do eukaryotic cells divide 1,
How do prokaryotic cells replicate 2,
How do viruses replicate divide 3
18  cards
Cell fractionation + Ultracentrifugation
How can you study the structure a...,
What is cell fractionation 2,
What occurs before cell fractiona...
17  cards
Binary Fission
What is binary fission 1,
What is bacteria 2,
Binary fission is not the same as...
10  cards
Required Practical 2
Where in plants can cells undergo...,
What is the mitotic index 2,
Why is the stain used on the root...
9  cards
Structure of the cell membrane
All membranes around and within a...,
What is the plasma membrane 2,
What is the plasma membrane descr...
28  cards
Transport Across Membranes: Facilitated diffusion + Simple diffusion
What are names for the two types ...,
Are facilitated diffusion and sim...,
What is the type of transportatio...
15  cards
Transport across membranes: Osmosis
What type of molecules does osmos...,
What is osmosis 2,
What is water potential represent...
17  cards
Active transport
What is active transport 1,
What two components facilitate ac...,
What is atp used for in active tr...
10  cards
Co - transport
How do microvilli increase the ra...,
What are microvilli 2,
How does the number of protein ch...
9  cards
Required Practical 3
What is a calibration curve 1,
In this practical what is the cal...,
What is osmosis 2
8  cards
Required Practical 4
Permeability can be changed what ...,
What happens to the cell surface ...,
Why does the cell surface membran...
4  cards
Defence mechanisms
What is an infection 1,
Millions of people die from infec...,
When an individual s defence mech...
20  cards
Phagocytosis
If a pathogen is to infect the bo...,
What are the body s two first lin...,
What is the next line of defence ...
11  cards
T lymphocytes and cell mediated responses
What type of response does the bo...,
What is immunity 2,
What are the two main phases of t...
27  cards
B lymphocytes and humoral immunity
What is humoral immunity 1,
How many different types of b cel...,
How does a b cell recognise an an...
17  cards
Role of B cells in Humoral Immunity
How does a b cell recognise a pat...,
What happens after a b cell takes...,
How are b cells activated 2
11  cards
Antibodies
What are antibodies 1,
What happens when a b cell encoun...,
How many binding sites does an an...
20  cards
Antibodies 2
How are monoclonal antibodies use...,
What hormone do pregnancy tests d...,
How do pregnancy tests use monocl...
9  cards
Vaccination
What is immunity 1,
What is immunisation 2,
What are the two forms of immunity 3
19  cards
Vaccination 2
Why is vaccination a preventative...,
Why must vaccines have few side e...,
Why must a vaccine be economicall...
20  cards
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus
What does hiv stand for 1,
What disease does hiv cause 2,
What is the outermost layer of hi...
16  cards
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2
Which cells does hiv specifically...,
How does hiv cause aids 2,
Why is the loss of helper t cells...
18  cards
Why antibiotics are ineffective against viral diseases like AIDS
How do antibiotics kill bacteria 1,
What happens to bacteria when tre...,
What is the bacterial cell wall m...
8  cards

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