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level questions: organisation

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the human digestive system provides the body with ______nutrients
the respiratory system provides the body with ______ and removes _____ ______oxygen carbon dioxide
cells are the _____ _______ _____ of all ______ ________basic building blocks living organisms
a tissue is a ______ __ _____ with a _______ ______ and _______group of cells similar structure function
organs are an aggregation of _______ performing ______ _______tissues specific functions
organs are organised into _____ _______ which work together to form _________organ systems organisms
the digestive system is an organ system in which several organs work together to ______ and _____ fooddigest absorb
if the temperature gets to high an enzyme will...denature
enzymes ______ specific reactions in living _________ due to the _____ of their ______ ____catalyse organisms shape active site
the simplified model of enzyme action is called thelock and key theory
amylase is a digestive enzyme secreted by the ______ and _______ _____ and it catalyses the breakdown of _____ into _______ in the _____ and _____ ________pancreas salivary glands starch maltose mouth small intestine
protease enzymes produced in the ______,_______ and _____ ________ break down _______ in our food into _____ _____pancreas stomach small intestine protein amino acids
lipase enzymes are produced in the ______ and ____ ______ and break down _______ into ____ ____ and _______pancreas small intestine lipids fatty acids glycerol
digestive enzymes convert food into _____ ________ that can be _________ into the _________small molecules absorbed bloodstream
carbohydrases break down carbohydrates into _____ ____ Amylase breaks down _____ Proteas breaks down ______ into ______ ______ Lipase breaks down ______ to _____ _____and ______simple sugars starch proteins amino acids lipids fatty acids glycerol
the ______ of digestion are used to build new carbohydrates, lipids and proteinsproducts
bile is made in the ______ and stored in the ___ _____. it is _______ to _______ _________ acid from the stomach. it also ________ fat to form small droplets which ________ the ______ ____. the _______ conditions and large ______ ____, ______ the rate of fat breakdown by ______liver gall bladder alkaline neutralise hydrochloric emulsifies increases surface area alkaline surface area increase lipase
REQUIRED PRACTICAL - affect of pH on the rate of reaction to amylase enzyme. Continuous _______ technique to determine the ____ taken to completely _____ a ______ solution at a _____ of pHs. _______ reagent is to be used to test for _____ every __ seconds. _______ will be ________ by use of a _____ ____ or _______ _______sampling time digest starch range iodine starch 30 temperature controlled water bath electric heater
the _____ ventricle pumps blood to the lungs.right
the ____ ventricle pumps blood around the rest of the bodyleft
the _______ is the largest artery in the body and carries blood from the heart to the circulatory systemaorta
the ____ ____ is a large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heartvena cava
the _________ ______ is the artery carrying blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.pulmonary artery
the ________ ____ carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heartpulmonary vein
_______ _______ supply blood to the heart musclecoronary arteries
the ______ is a tube that connects your larynx (voice box) to your lungstrachea
the trachea is sometimes called the...windpipe
The ______ are where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of respirationalveoli
it is through the capillaries that ______, _________, and ______ are exchanged between the blood and the tissues.oxygen nutrients wastes
the natural resting heart rate is controlled by a group of cells located in the ______ ______ that acts as a _________right atrium pacemaker
artificial _________ are _________ devices used to ______ ____________ in the ______ ____pacemakers electrical correct irregularities heart rate
_________ carry blood under high pressure and have _____ ________ and _______ walls to pump and accommodate bloodarteries thick muscular elastic
_______ carry blood under low or negative pressure and have ____ walls - have less ______ tissue than _______veins thin muscular arteries
Capillaries are tiny, thin walled ________ that form a network to take blood through the _____ and other body ______vessels organs tissues
blood is a tissue consisting of ______, in which ___ blood cells, ______ blood cells and ________ are suspendedplasma red white platelets
red blood cells contain a substance called _________, which transports _____ around the bodyhaemoglobin oxygen
platelets form _____ and stop or prevent bleeding.clots
In coronary heart disease layers of _____ _______ build up inside the coronary _______, _________ them. This reduces the _____ ____ through the coronary _______, resulting in a lack of ______ for the ______ musclefatty material arteries narrowing blood flow arteries oxygen heart
______ are used to keep the coronary arteries open.stents
________ are widely used to reduce blood _________ levels, which slows the rate of ______ ________ depositstatins cholestoral fatty material
in some people ______ ______ may become faulty, preventing the ______ from opening fully, or the heart valve might develop a _____heart valves valve leak
faulty heart valves can be replaced using ________ or _________ valvesbiological mechanical
If the heart fails a _____ heart, or heart and lungs can be _________.donor transplanted
________ hearts are occasionally used to keep patients alive whilst waiting for a ______ ________, or to allow the heart to ____ as an aid to recoveryartificial heart transplant rest
___________ diseases spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to anothercommunicable
__________ diseases are a group of conditions that are not mainly caused by an acute infection, result in long-term health consequences and often create a need for long-term treatment and carenoncommunicable
Other factors including ____, _____ and ____ __________ may have a profound effect on both physical and mental health.diet stress life situations
Defects in the _______ ______ mean that an individual is more likely to suffer from ________ diseases.immune systems infectious
_______ living in cells can be the trigger for cancersviruses
Immune reactions initially caused by a _______ can trigger ________ such as skin rashes and asthmapathogen allergies
lifestyle factors affecting health include ____,_______ and ________diet alcohol smoking
risk factors linked to an increased rate of disease- + aspects of a persons ________ + ________ in the persons ____ or __________lifestyle substances body environment
____,________ and _______ effect the risk of cardiovascular diseasediet smoking exercise
obesity is a risk factor for ____ _ ________type 2 diabetes
smoking effects lung _____ and lung ______disease cancer
_______ and _______ effects unborn babiessmoking alcohol
______ can increase the risk of cancerradiation
cancer is the __________ ______ and _______ of cellsuncontrolled growth division
_______ tumours are growths of abnormal cells which are contained in ___ area, usually within a membrane. They ____ ______ other parts of the bodybenign one don't invade
________ tumour cells are ______. They ______ neighbouring _______ and _____ to different parts of the body in the ______ where they form ________ tumoursmalignant cancers invade tissues spread blood secondary
there are also _______ risk factors for some cancersgenetic
The _________ is a single layer of cells that covers the leaves, flowers, roots and stems of plants. It forms a boundary between the plant and the external environmentepidermis
The _______ _______ layer is where most of the photosynthesis occurs in the leaf. The ______ cells contain a lot of chloroplasts to help them perform this photosynthesis and are closely packed together to maximise light absorption.palisade mesophyll palisade cells
gas exchange happens in the _____ _______ tissue of the leaf. The cells are loosely packed allowing _____ _______ to diffuse in and _____ to diffuse outspongy mesophyll carbon dioxide oxygen
_____ carries water and minerals from the roots to the stem and leavesxylem
______ transport dissolved sugars from the leaves to the rest of the plant for immediate use or storagephloem
the ______ tissue is an undifferentiated tissue found in the buds and growing tips of roots in plants.meristem
the leaf is a plant ______organ
the _____ _____ surround the _______ (which takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen) and they are triggered open by one of many _______ or ________ changes. Such as strong sunlight or high carbon dioxide levelsguard cells stomata environmental chemical
Root hair cells are adapted for taking up water and mineral ions by having a ______ _______ ____ to increase the ____ of __________large surface area rate absorbtion
The release of water from plant leaves is called...transpiration
plants transpire at higher temperatures because _____ __________ more _______.water evaporates rapidly
the factors that affect transpiration are _____ intensity, t________,h_______, ____ and _____ supplylight temperature humidity wind water
the movement of sugar produced in photosynthesis to all other parts of the plant is called...translocation
the xylem is composed of ______ tubes strengthened by ______ adapted fro transport of water in the __________ streamhollow lignin transpiration
the phloem is composed of _____ of _________ cells . Cell ___ can move from one ______ ____ to the next through ______ in the ___ ____tubes elongated sap phloem cell pores end wall