What side of the heart has high pressure? What side is blood pumped from the lungs?
Left has high pressure to pump blood long distance around the body. Left.
1 of 12
What enzyme breaks down proteins and what are the products?
Protease breaks down proteins into amino acids.
2 of 12
What enzyme breaks down Starch and what are the products?
Amalayse breaks down starch into maltose and simple sugars.
3 of 12
What enzyme breaks down Lipids and what are the products?
Lipase breaks down lipids into fatty acids and glycerol.
4 of 12
What does the small intestine do?
Breaks down starch, proteins, lipids and uses villi to absorb them into the blood stream.
5 of 12
What does the large intestine do?
Absorbs excess water and mineral ions from the food.
6 of 12
What is the function of the stomach?
Produces protease (called pepsin) and HCl to maintain the correct pH for enzymes to work and to kill bacteria (pH 2).
7 of 12
Identify two advantages to using Stents to treat cardiovascular disease.
1) Recovery from operation is short. 2) Effective for a long period of time.
8 of 12
Identify two disadvantages to using stents to treat cardiovascular disease.
1) Risk of infection during operation. 2) Risk of blood clot near stent.
9 of 12
State two advantages to using Statins to treat cardiovascular disease.
1) Reduce risk of heart attacks and coronary heart disease by reducing bad blood cholesterol levels. 2) Increase the amount of good cholesterol in the blood stream.
10 of 12
State three disadvantages to using Statins to treat cardiovascular disease.
1) Takes a long time for the drugs to effect the patient. 2) Must be taken long term. 3) Risk of negative side effects, e.g headaches.
11 of 12
How does high pH effect enzyme activity?
By breaking bonds of the enzymes active sight, the substrate can no longer fit inside and speed up the reaction.
12 of 12
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What enzyme breaks down proteins and what are the products?
Back
Protease breaks down proteins into amino acids.
Card 3
Front
What enzyme breaks down Starch and what are the products?
Back
Card 4
Front
What enzyme breaks down Lipids and what are the products?
Comments
No comments have yet been made