A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
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Bacteria can make you feel ill by doing two things:
a)Damaging your cells and b)Producing toxins.
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Your cells produce antibodies, how?
When your white blood cells come across and unknown antigen they produce proteins called antibodies to lock onto and kill the invading cells. The antibodies produced are specific to that type of antigen - they won't lock onto any others.
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What is in a vaccine?
Small amounts of dead or inactive microorganisms.
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Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics, why?
Bacteria can mutate - sometimes the mutations cause them to be resistant to (not killed by) an antibiotic.
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Why were lots of women dying in 1840s after childbirth of puerperal fever?
Because the doctors and nurses didn't wash their hands after touching dead people.
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What is the order of a relfex arc
Stimulus, Receptor, Sensory Neurone, Relay Neurone, Motor Neurone, Effector, Respon
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Saying to remeber the order of a reflex arc
Some Red Stars Rubbishly Make Everlasting Rays
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What does a synapse do?
Connect neruones
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Where is the Pituitary Gland?
In the brain
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What are hormones?
Chemical messengers which travel in the blook to activate target cells.
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What does the pituitary gland do?
Produces important hormones including FSH and LH.
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Where is oestrogen produced?
In the ovaries.
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Where is FSH produced?
In the pituitary gland.
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Where is LH produced?
In the pituitary gland.
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What does FSH do?
Causes an egg to mature in one of the ovaries.
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What does LH do?
Stimulates the release of an egg at around the middle of the menstrual cycle.
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What does oestrogen do?
Causes the pituitary gland to produce LH.
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Name a plant hormone.
Auxin.
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What surface area and volume does a desert animal have?
Large surface area compared to volume
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What surface area and volume does an arctic animal have?
Small surface area compared to volume
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What surface area and volume does a desert plant have?
Small surface area compared to volume
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Card 2
Front
a)Damaging your cells and b)Producing toxins.
Back
Bacteria can make you feel ill by doing two things:
Card 3
Front
When your white blood cells come across and unknown antigen they produce proteins called antibodies to lock onto and kill the invading cells. The antibodies produced are specific to that type of antigen - they won't lock onto any others.
Back
Card 4
Front
Small amounts of dead or inactive microorganisms.
Back
Card 5
Front
Bacteria can mutate - sometimes the mutations cause them to be resistant to (not killed by) an antibiotic.
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