Transporting substances around the body GCSE Biology AQA (higher)

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Note.
For Veins/arteries entering/leaving the heart. remember:
VEAL.
Veins enter, Arteries leave. 

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How is the heart able to pump blood around the body?
It has muscular walls, that expand and contract.
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What does blood pick up at the lungs?
Oxygen
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What does blood drop off at the lungs?
Carbon Dioxide
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What are capillaries?
Small vessels between the arteries and veins
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What are in red blood cells?
haemoglobin
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What happens with this in the lungs?
It becomes oxyhaemoglobin
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What happens to this (Q6) when cells respire?
It breaks down
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What is released during Q7?
Oxygen
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Why do red blood cells have no nucleus?
So they can pack more haemoglobin in.
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Name one thing that the blood plasma transports.
Co2.
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Name another thing that the blood plasma transports.
soluble products of digestion
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Name another thing that the blood plasma transports.
Urea
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To which organs is urea transported to?
Kidneys
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What happens to the blood vessels supplying the muscles during exercise?
They dilate
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What happens to the breathing rate during exercise?
it increases
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What happens to the depth of each breath during exercise?
it increases
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What is the storage compound of glucose?
Glycogen
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What happens to carbon dioxide during exercise?
more is needed to be excreted,
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What happens when muscles cannot get enough oxygen for aerobic respiration?
they respire anaerobically
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What does this produce?
lactic acid
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What happens to this once the exercise is finished?
it must be broken down
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How does this work?
you take in oxygen to do this
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What is this process called?
oxygen debt
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What happens?
The (Q22) is oxidized into CO2 and water.
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How many kidneys do you have?
2
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What is the job of the kidney?
to filter the blood
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Where is Urea made?
Liver
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What is urea made from?
excess amino acids
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What does a dialysis machine do?
the same job as the kidneys
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Where does the blood flow between?
partially permeable membranes
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The dialysis fluid contains.....concentration of useful substances as the patient's blood.
the same
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What substance(s) are filtered from the blood?
urea
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How often does dialysis treatment need to be carried out?
at regular intervals
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What is often the best option for a patient with kidney trouble?
a kidney transplant
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Where is the donor kidney often found if a transplant is chosen?
a recently deceased
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How can the immune system be encouraged to accept the new kidney?
The recipient
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If you selected "The recipient's bone marrow is treated with radiation.", why is this done?
to stop white blood cell production
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List another way in which the immune system can be encouraged to accept the kidney.
the recipient can take drugs that suppresses the immune system.
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List another way in which the immune system can be encouraged to accept the kidney.
the recipient is kept in sterile conditions after the operation.
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FUN QUESTION: Which "Desperate Housewives" character underwent dialysis treatment?
Susan
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