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Health and Disease
What are the 7 aspects to health,
What does aetiology mean,
What does pathogenesis mean
16
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Homeostasis 1
Cells are ____ and ____ organised...,
Define tissue,
Define organs
15
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Life at the Cellular 1
Describe a cell,
Why are cells small,
Give 3 features of a prokaryotic ...
20
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Homeostasis 2
What are homeostasis mechanisms r...,
What does homeostasis of water af...,
Which processes are regulated in ...
9
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Life at the Cellular 2
Define contact dependent cell sig...,
Define paracrine cell signalling,
Define endocrine cell signalling
31
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Life at the Cellular 3
Name 4 types of energy,
Can energy change from one from t...,
What are the 2 laws that govern e...
14
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Life at the Cellular 4
Name 5 functions of water,
Describe the polarity of water,
What makes the liquid property of...
17
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Forces Acting Across Membranes 1
The cell membrane is a ______ bar...,
What is the cell membrane permeab...,
Are there barriers to water or io...
8
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Forces Acting Across Membranes 2
What are forces moving water and ...,
Is there a large flux of ions whe...,
What does the net effect of 2 ele...
12
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Forces Acting Across Membranes 3
Define osmosis,
Water concentration is the _____ ...,
How does water affect concentrati...
19
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Tissues 1
What 5 things are we made of,
What are the 4 tissue types,
What are the features of epitheli...
25
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Tissues 2
Define exocrine glands,
Define endocrine glands,
What is the structure of exocrine...
26
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Proteins 1
What is the process of protein sy...,
Define a codon,
Define a peptide bond
9
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Proteins 2
What are the 3 types of proteins,
Define glycoproteins,
Give 2 examples of glycoproteins
15
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How Nerves Work 1
What are the subdivisions of the ...,
What are the 3 types of nervous s...,
What are the meniges
25
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How Nerves Work 2
Why do neurons exist,
What are the 3 types of electrica...,
What is the resting membrane pote...
14
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Enzymes 1
What is an enzyme,
Define a ribozyme,
Give one function of rna
27
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Enzymes 2
Define isozymes,
What reaction do glucokinase and ...,
What does a high km mean
18
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How Nerves Work 3
Define a graded potential,
Define an action potential,
Define signal transduction
14
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How Nerves Work 4
What are the values for resting m...,
Why is there an depolarisation wh...,
Why is the excitability of a cell...
9
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How Nerves Work 5
How is acetylcholine released fro...,
Define n plate potential,
Describe the process of the neuro...
12
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Lipids 1
Define lipids,
Where are lipids found,
What are the 6 functions of lipids
20
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Pharmacology 1
Define receptors,
Define steroid hormones,
What does no do with intracellula...
7
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Pharmacology 2
Define pharmacology,
Define a drug,
Give examples of receptors
7
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Lipids 2
Can fatty acids be converted into...,
What does the beta oxidation path...,
What are the stages of the beta o...
11
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Lipids 3
Where can fatty acids be found,
Where are the 3 places fatty acid...,
Where is acetyl coa formed
21
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Bone
What are the 4 functions of bone,
Name the 6 structures of bone,
How is compact bone organised
18
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Skin
Define skin,
Name 6 functions of skin,
What are the 2 layers of skin
17
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Nitrogen 1
What percentage of air is nitrogen,
Define diazotrophs,
What is the fixation step of the ...
22
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Nitrogen 2
Removal of nitrogen happens mainl...,
What are the fates of nitrogen in...,
What happens if uric acid crystal...
14
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Carbohydrates 1
Name 4 features of carbohydrates,
Define monosaccharides,
Define disaccharides
15
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Nitrogen 3
Define inherited metabolic disorders,
Most inherited metabolic disorder...,
Urea cycle lets ______ substances...
6
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Carbohydrates 2
Name the 6 types of carbs in our ...,
What is the process of digestion,
Can cellulose hemicellulose be di...
12
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Carbohydrates 3
Define glycolysis,
What cell needs glycolysis for en...,
Step 1 a making b catalyst c ener...
14
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Autonomic Physiology 1
Define the autonomic nervous system,
What is the autonomic nervous sys...,
The somatic nervous system has __...
14
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Autonomic Physiology 2
Sympathetic reaction on eye,
Sympathetic reaction on heart,
Sympathetic reaction on lungs
19
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Carbohydrates 4
Where does gluconeogenesis usuall...,
What is the first step of glucone...,
What is the second step of glucon...
9
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Muscles 1
What do muscles allow us to do,
What are the two types of muscles,
Skeletal muscles are very ______ ...
22
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Carbohydrates 5
Define the citric acid cycle,
The citric acid cycle removes ele...,
What is acetyl coa made of
13
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Joints
What are the 5 anatomical positio...,
Define superior,
Define inferior
22
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Muscles 2
An action potential is ____ms lon...,
Define summation,
Is tetanic tension or twitch tens...
10
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Muscles 3
Where is energy for contractions ...,
Define fatigue,
What does fatigue prevent
18
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Sensory Receptors 1
Define sensory receptors,
Define sensory modality,
Define adequate stimulus
20
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Sensory Receptors 2
What are 3 types of proprioceptor...,
What 3 things to proprioceptors do,
What is another name for send sen...
18
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Reflexes
What are spinal reflexes simple b...,
What is the simplest reflex,
What follows a stretch reflex
14
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Introduction to Blood
What is the distribution of blood...,
Why can veins be called capacitan...,
What 4 components make up blood
30
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Foundations of Immunology 1
Define a pathogen,
What 4 physical barriers are there,
What are 3 features of the innate...
20
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Terminal Respiration
Where is the only site of oxidati...,
What does oxidative phosphorylati...,
What is the glycerol phosphate sh...
11
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Post-mortem
What is the general description o...,
What results in cellular death,
What happens to blood after death
21
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