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1.1 What Is Cardiovascular Disease?
Coronary heart disease chd,
Stroke,
Purpose of the heart and circulation
58
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2.1 The Effects Of CF On The Lungs
Goblet cells,
Cilia,
Epithelium
15
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6.1 Forensic Biology
Intron,
Exon,
Micro satellite micro satellites ...
11
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5.1 What Is An Ecosystem
Biosphere,
Abiotic,
Biotic
36
cards
8.2 Reception Of Stimuli
Receptor receptor cells,
Sense organs,
Conjunctiva
30
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1.2 Who is at risk of cardiovascular disease?
Risk,
People will overestimate risk if,
Factors that contribute to health...
6
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1.3 Risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Cohort study,
Case control study,
Features of a good study
67
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2.2 Why is CF mucus so sticky?
Why is cf mucus sticky,
Amino acid,
Primary structure
39
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3.1 In the beginning
Eukaryote eukaryotic,
Prokaryote prokaryotic,
Mitochondrion mitochondria mitoch...
34
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Topic 3 and 4 extras
Use of the hardy weinberg equatio...,
Species richness,
Genetic diversity
33
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2.3 How does cystic fibrosis affect other body systems?
The effect of cf on the digestive...,
Exocrine,
Endocrine
22
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3.2 From one to many: the cell cycle
Cell cycle,
Interphase,
S phase
29
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4.1 Why are there so many different species?
Species,
Species definition,
Habitat
16
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1.4 Reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease
The risk of cvd can be reduced by,
Drugs used to treat high blood pr...,
Drugs used to treat high blood pr...
7
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2.4 How is the CFTR protein made?
Mutation,
Genetic code,
Gene genetic
39
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3.3 How development is controlled
Beta galactosidase,
Epigenome,
Histone
6
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2.5 What can go wrong with DNA?
Dna replication replication semi ...,
Dna replication steps,
Dna polymerase
6
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2.6 How is cystic fibrosis inherited?
Locus,
Homologous chromosomes,
Cf
18
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2.7 Testing for CF
Newborn testing,
Genetic screening testing,
Prenatal genetic testing
17
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Topic 1 and 2 extras
Advantages of glycogen as an ener...,
Suggest how high blood pressure c...,
Describe and explain the events t...
31
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Command words
Add label,
Assess,
Calculate
25
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8.1 The nervous system and nerve impulses
Reflex arc,
Impulse nerve impulse,
Organisation of the nervous system
57
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7.1 Getting moving
Converting between speeds,
Flex,
Extend
27
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7.2 Energy for Action
Basal metabolic rate bmr,
Respiration respire,
Glycolysis
21
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4.2 How did organisms become so well adapted?
Natural selection,
Evolution,
Gene pool
6
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3.4 Genes and the environment
Phenotype,
Genotype,
Discontinuous variation
14
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4.3 Quantifying biodiversity
Biodiversity,
Binomial system,
Genus genera
27
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4.4 Making use of biodiversity
Lignin lignified,
Chloroplast chloroplasts,
Ribosome
53
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4.5 On the brink
Captive breeding programme aim,
Genetic drift,
Genetic uniformity
6
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5.2 Ecosystems rely on energy transfer
Phytoplankton,
Gross primary productivity gpp,
Net primary productivity npp
47
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5.3 Is the climate changing?
Anaerobe anaerobic anaerobically,
Peat bog,
Pollen grain
4
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5.4 Why is the climate changing?
Greenhouse gas,
Greenhouse effect
2
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5.5 Predicting future climates
Extrapolation,
Model predictions may be incorrec...
2
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5.6 Coping with climate change
Changes attributed to climate change,
Dominant species dominant organism,
Parasite parasitic
8
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5.7 Adapt or die
Struggle for existence,
Survival of the fittest,
Mutation mutant mutate
12
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5.8 Getting the balance right
Carbon cycle
1
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6.2 Cause of death
Tuberculosis tb,
Hiv,
Bacteria bacterium
16
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6.3 The body's response to infection
Immune response,
Immune system,
Non specific immune response
30
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6.4 The body's response to TB
Antibiotic,
Hypothalamus
2
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6.5 The body's response to HIV and AIDS
Aids acquired immune deficiency s...,
Reverse transcriptase,
Integrase
5
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6.6 Could the infections have been prevented?
Skin flora,
Mucus mucous,
Cilia ciliated cilium
9
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6.7 Are there treatments for AIDS and TB?
Known antiretroviral drugs,
Bactericidal,
Bacteriostatic
4
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7.3 Peak performance
When exercising adequate o2 suppl...,
Aerobic capacity,
V o2 v o2 max
35
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7.4 Breaking out in a sweat
Homeostasis,
Norm value,
Receptor receptor cells
10
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7.5 Overdoing it
Natural killer cells,
Arthroscopy,
Keyhole
5
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7.6 Improving on nature
Hormone,
Pituitary gland,
Endocrine
11
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8.3 The brain
Cerebral hemisphere,
Grey matter,
Frontal lobe
20
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8.4 Visual development
Critical window critical period,
Animal model,
Monocular deprivation
3
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8.5 Making sense of what we see
Carpentered world hypothesis,
Innate
2
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8.6 Learning and memory
Habituation,
Animal rights,
Animal welfare
4
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8.7 Problems with the synapses
Dopamine,
Agonist agonists,
Serotonin
14
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Extra's A
Acinar cell,
Adaptive radiation,
Alga algal algae
18
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Extras B
Bacteriophage,
Barr body barr bodies,
Bile salts
8
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Extras C
Callus,
Campylobacter,
Cancer
30
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Extras D
Deamination,
Dermis,
Dehydrogenation
10
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Extras Es
Ectotherm,
Egg cell egg nucleus,
Endoplasmic reticulum
14
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Extras F
Fallopian tube,
Familial,
Facultative
11
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Extras G
Gene probe,
Gene therapy,
Germ cell germ line
9
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Extras H
Haemoglobin,
Hermaphrodite,
Helicobacter
10
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Extras I
Immobilised enzyme,
In vitro,
Insecticide
9
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Extras L
Larva larvae,
Leydig cell,
Linkage analysis
7
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Extras M
Major histocompatibility complexes,
Malignant,
Maltase
21
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Extras :N
Nucleotide base base,
Nucleic acid,
Oligosaccharide
18
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Extra p
Pentose,
Phosphorylation phosphorylate,
Pesticide
20
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extra r
Random assortment,
Repressor molecule,
Reptile
23
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extra s
Sphincter,
Stigma,
Squamous epithelium
20
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Extra U
Unconditioned stimulus,
Uterus,
Vaccine
18
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Collagen and haemoglobin
Structure of collagen,
Structure of haemoglobin
2
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