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1
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Myogenic

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Contract and relax without receiving signals from nerves

2
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How is the regular heartbeat maintained?

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Through the pattern of contractions of the heart

3
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SAN

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Sinoatrial node

4
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Where is the SAN?

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In the wall of the right atrium

5
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How does the SAN act like a pacemaker?

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It sends out regular waves of electricity to the atrial walls

6
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What prevents the wave of electricity in the heart from being passed from the artia to the ventricle?

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Non-conducting collagen tissue

7
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Where are the waves of electrical impulses transferred to from the SAN?

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The AVN

8
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AVN

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Atrioventricular node

9
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What does the AVN do?

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It passes the electrical impulses to the bundle of His

10
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What is the bundle of His?

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In the heart, a group of muscle fibres that are responsible for conducting waves of electrical impulses between the ventricles to the apex (bottom) of the heart

11
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What does the bundle of His split into?

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Thinner muscle fibres in the left and right ventricle walls called Purkyne Tissue

12
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What does the Purkne Tissue do?

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Carries the waves of electrical impulses to the muscular walls of the right and left ventricles, causing them to contract simultaneously from the bottom upwards.

13
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Why is there a slight delay before the AVN reacts?

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To make sure the atria have emptied before they contract

14
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What part of the brain unconsciously controls the rate at which the SAN fires ?

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The medulla oblongata

15
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What receptors deal with blood pressure?

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Baroreceptors

16
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What receptors detect the concentration of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood?

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Chemoreceptors

17
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If a high blood pressure is detected by the baroreceptors, what happens?

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Impulses are sent to the medulla oblongata. The Medulla sends impulses down the parasympathetic neurones. They secrete acetylcholine (neurotransmitter) which binds to receptors on the SAN

18
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If a low blood pressure is detected by baroreceptors, what happens?

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Impulses are sent to the medulla, which sends impulses down the sympathetic neurones. These secrete noradrenaline (a neurotransmitter) which binds to receptors on the SAN

19
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What happens if a high concentration of oxygen is detected by chemoreceptors?

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Impulses are sent to the medulla, which sends impulses through the parasympathetic neurones. These secrete acetylcholine which binds to receptors on the SAN

20
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What happens if a kow concentration of carbon dioxide is detected by the chemoreceptors?

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Impulses are sent to the medulla, which sends impulses through the parasympathetic neurones. These secrete acetylcholine which binds to receptors on the SAN

21
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What happens if a high pH is detected by the chemoreceptors?

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Impulses are sent to the medulla, which sends impulses through the parasympathetic neurones. These secrete acetylcholine which binds to receptors on the SAN

22
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What happens if a low concentration of oxygen is detected by the chemoreceptors?

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Impulses are sent to the medulla, which sends impulses through the sympathetic neurones. These secrete noradrenaline which binds to receptors on the SAN

23
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What happens if a high concentration of carbon dioxide is detected by the chemoreceptors?

A

Impulses are sent to the medulla, which sends impulses through the sympathetic neurones. These secrete noradrenaline which binds to receptors on the SAN

24
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What happens if a low pH is detected by the chemoreceptors?

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Impulses are sent to the medulla, which sends impulses through the sympathetic neurones. These secrete noradrenaline which binds to receptors on the SAN

25
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Stimulus

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A change in the environment that can be detected by an organism

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Receptor

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An organ specialised to detect a change in the internal or external environment

27
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Taxis

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A response that involves movement in a specific direction

28
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Positive taxis

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Movement towards a stimulus

29
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Negative taxis

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Movement away from a stimulus

30
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Kinesis

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Movement in random directions

31
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Why is kinesis carried out?

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To increase the chance of reaching different conditions more quickly. E.g Increasing speed and direction changes will increase the speed of a woodlouse finding a damp and dark region

32
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What is an auxin?

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A plant hormone

33
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What is the auxin called that controls tropisms- (growth responses)

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IAA

34
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How does IAA effect parts of the plant?

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Elongates the plant cells on the shoots so the shoot can bend or grow. Inhibits growth of the root cells

35
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What is the reflex arc?

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Stimulus, Receptor, Sensory Neurone, Intermediate Neurone, Motor Neurone, Effector, Response

36
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What is the name for the pressure receptor in your skin?

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Pacinian Corpuscle

37
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What happens when a receptor is in its resting state?

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There’s a voltage across the membrane (potential difference) as there is a difference in charge between the inside and the outside of the cell

38
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Resting potential

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When a receptor is at its resting state

39
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What happens when a stimulus is detected by the receptor?

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The membrane of the cell becomes more permeable and ions can move in or out of the cell (change in potential difference)

40
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Generator potential

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The change in potential difference of a cell due to a stimulus

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Action potential

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If the generator potential is big enough, an action potential is triggered, and sends an electrical impulse down the sensory neurone

42
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How is the strength of the stimulus detected?

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Action potentials are all one size, so it is the frequency of the action potentials that determine the strength

43
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What type of receptors is the Pacinian Corpuscle?

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Mechanoreceptors

44
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Describe the structure of the Pacinian Corpuscle

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Sensory nerve ending wrapped in lots of layers of connective tissue called lamellae

45
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What happens when the Pacinian Corpuscle is stimulated?

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The lamellae are deformed and press on the sensory nerve ending. This causes the sensory neurone’s cell membrane to stretch, deforming the stretch-mediated sodium ion channels. The channels open, and sodium ions can diffuse into the cell, creating a generator potential

46
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How does light enter the eye?

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Through the pupil. The amount of light is controlled by the iris

47
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How are light rays focused onto the retina in the eye?

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By the lens

48
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Where are photoreceptors in the cell?

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The retina, but mostly concentrated on the fovea

49
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How are nerve impulses carried from the retina to the brain?

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By the optic nerve

50
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Where is the blind spot in the eye?

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Where the optic nerve leave the eye because there are no photoreceptors present

51
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How do photoreceptors convert light into electrical impulses?

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Light hits the photoreceptors and is absorbed by light sensitive optical pigments. Light bleaches the pigments, causing a chemical change, and altering the membrane permeability to sodium ions. A generator potential is created, and if the threshold is reached, an impulse is sent along a bipolar neurone

52
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Bipolar neurone

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Connects photoreceptors to the optic nerve

53
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What are the two types of photoreceptors in the eye?

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Rods and Cones

54
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Where are the rods found?

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In the peripheral parts of the retina

55
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Where are the cones found?

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Packed together in the fovea

56
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What colours can rods detect?

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Only black and white (monochromatic)

57
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What colours can cones detect?

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Colour (trichromatic)

58
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How many types of cone cells are there and what do the detect?

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3 (trichromatic). One of each type- red sensitive, blue-sensitive, green-sensitive

59
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How do you see different colours?

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When the three different optical pigments in the cone cells are stimulated in different amounts

60
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Why are rods more sensitive to light?

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Many rods are attached to one neurone, so many weak generator potentials can combine into one to make the threshold and create an action potential

61
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Why are cones less sensitive to light?

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Only one cone is joined to one neurone, so more light is needed to generate a big enough generator potential and reach the threshold to make an action potential

62
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Why do rods give a low visual accuracy?

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Many rods are joined to the same neurone, so light from two points close together can’t be told apart

63
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Why do cones give high visual accuracy?

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Cones are close together and one cone joins to one neurone, so light from two points will trigger two action potentials

64
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Somatic nervous system

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Voluntary nervous system

65
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Autonomic nervous system

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Involuntary nervous system