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Why is it beneficial for digestion that the stomach is low ph?
Optimum ph for protease
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What is the theory of enzymes called?
Lock and key theory
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Why does food need to be broken down?
So it is small enough to be absorbed
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Where is bile made?
Liver
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What is the test for sugars?
Add Benedict’s Reagent, heat, turns from blue to brick red
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What is the test for carbohydrates?
Add iodine, turns form orange/brown to blue/black
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What is the test for proteins?
Add biuret reagent, turns purple
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What is the test for lipids?
*** Sudan III, red layer forms on top of liquid
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Give one adaptation of an artery?
Arteries have thick walls to carry high pressure blood from the heart
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Give one adaptation of a vein?
Veins have valves to prevent the back flow of blood
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Give one adaptation of a capillary?
Capillaries have one cell thick walls for exchange
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What direction do arteries carry blood?
Away form the heart
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What direction do veins carry blood?
Towards the heart
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What are the top chambers of the heart called?
Atrium
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What are the bottom chambers of the heart called?
Ventricles
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Where does the vena cava carry blood to?
Deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium
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Where does the pulmonary artery carry blood to?
Deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
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Where does the pulmonary vein carry blood to
Oxygenated blood form the lungs to the left atrium
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Where does the aorta carry blood to?
Oxygenated blood form the left ventricle to the body
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Name the four components of blood
Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells platelets
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Give the function of plasma
Transports glucose, carbon dioxide, hormones and waste
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Give the function of red blood cells
Have haemoglobin to carry oxygen
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Give the function of white blood cells
Destroy pathogens by engulfing or making antibodies
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Give the function of platelets
Form clots to stop bleeding
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