B2

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  • B2
    • Digestive system
      • Digestive organs
        • Mouth
        • Oesophagus
        • Stomach
        • Liver
        • Small intestine
        • Large intestine
        • Rectum
        • Anus
      • Digestive enzymes
        • Amylase
          • A type of carbohydrase
          • Found in the mouth
        • Carbohydrase
          • Break down carbohydrates into glucose
          • Found in the mouth, pancreas and small intestine
        • Protease
          • Found in the stomach, pancreas and small intestine
          • Breaks down protein into amino acids
        • Lipase
          • Breaks down fats and lipids into fatty acids and glycerol
          • Produced in the pancreas and small intestine
      • Food tests
        • Benedict's
          • Reducing sugars
          • Blue - orange
        • Iodine
          • Starch
          • Orange - blue/black
        • Biuret
          • Protien
          • Blue - purple
    • Circulatory system
      • The heart
        • Right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs
        • Left ventricle pumps blood round the body
        • Vessels in the heart
          • Aorta
          • Vena cava
          • Pulmonary artery
          • Pulmonary vein
          • Coronary arteries
      • The lungs
        • Trachea
        • Bronchi
        • Bronchioles
        • Alveoli where gas exchange occurs
      • Blood vessels
        • Viens
          • Take deoxygenated blood into the heart
          • Have thinner walls, low pressure and valves in case of backflow
        • Arteries
          • Takes oxygenated blood away from the heart around the body
          • Have thick walls and high pressure
        • Capillaries
          • One cell thick
          • Carry blood away from arteries, into organs and back into veins
    • Blood
      • Plasma
        • Liquid that carries all the blood cells
      • Platelets
        • Small cells that allow blood to clot at the site of a wound
      • Red blood cells
        • Transport oxygen through blood. Have haemoglobin
      • White blood cells
        • Lymphocytes
          • Produce antibodies that latch onto antigens on pathogen
        • Phagocytes
          • Engulf pathogen by process of phagocytosis
        • Fight off pathogens in body
    • Coronary heart disease
      • Atherosclerosis
        • The build up of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries
      • Stents
        • Small wire frames that fit into the arteries and stop them from clogging up
      • Statins
        • Drugs that reduce cholesterol that slow down the rate of fatty deposits
    • Plants
      • Tissues and organ systems
        • Epidermal tissue
        • Palisade Mesophyll
        • Spongy mesophyll
        • Xylem and phloem
        • Meristem
      • Transpiration
        • How water moves up the plant against gravity
        • Root -> stem -> leaf
        • Factors that affect the rate of transpiration
          • Light intensity
          • Temperature
          • Air movement
          • Humidity

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