Organisation

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What is an organ system?
Group of organs, that work together to perform one function
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What happens to enzymes at lower temperatures?
Enzymes stop working because they have no energy
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What happens to enzymes at high temperatures?
Denatured
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What happens when enzymes are outside their optimal pH?
Denatured
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What is the lock and key mechanism?
Specific substance fits into enzyme
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Where is amylase produced?
In the salivary glands
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What does amylase do?
Converts startch into sugars
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Where is lipase produced?
Produced in the pancreass and small intestines
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What do lipase do?
Turns lipids into fatty acids and glycerol
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Where is protease produced?
Stomach, small intestine and pancreas
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What does protease do?
Protiens into amino acids
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Where is the bile produced?
Produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder
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What does bile do?
Neutralises stomach acid and emulislies fats
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What does the heart do?
Pumps blood around the body
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What do the lungs do?
Gas exchange takes place
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What does the aorta do?
Pumps blood around the body?
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What does the vena cava do?
How blood gets from the body to the heart
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What does the pulmonary Vain do?
Takes oxynated blood from the lungs to the heart
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What does the pulmonary artrey do?
Takes denoxynated blood from heart to the lungs
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What is the natual resting heart rate?
60-100bpm - when your calm
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Why might you need an artifical pacemaker?
If you have heart problems
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What do red blood cells do?
Carry oxygen around the body
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What do white blood cells do?
Apart of the immune system
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What do platelets do?
clotting the blood
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What does plasma do?
Fluid that all cells are carried around in
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What is cardiovascular disease?
Heart and/or blood vessels - build up of fatty deposites
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What lifestyle factors can affect health?
Smoking, diet, excersie and how much you drink
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What is cancer?
Uncontrollable growth of cells
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What is a benign tumour?
Lump of cells
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What is a malignant tumour?
When the lump of cells can move around the body
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What is epidermal tissue?
Covers a plant
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What is palisade mesophyll?
Long, tall cells that capture sunlight and where photosynthsis takes place
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What is spongy mesophyll?
Photosynthsis
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What is the xylem?
Carries water around plant
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What is the phloem?
Carries ions and nutrients around a plant
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What is transpiration?
Loss of water
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How can we measure transpiration?
Weight
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