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vit a

healthy skin and eyesight

night blindness

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vit c

healthy skin teeth and gums

scurvy

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vit d and calcium

strong bones and teeth

rickets

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peristalsis

wave or circular muscles contracting to push food along the gut

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testosterone

testes

controls development of secondary male characteristics

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progesterone

ovaries

regulates menstrual cycle

maintains lining of uterus

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oestrogen

ovaries

controls secondary female characteristics

thickens vaginal wall

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phagocytes

engulf pathogen

secrete enzymes to break down pathogen

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lymphocytes

detect foreign pathogens

release antibodies which bind to antigens

produce memory cells

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red blood cells

biconcave

no nucleus

smaller

haemoglobin

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breathing after exercising

shortage of oxygen

repay oxygen debt

remove lactic acid

anaerobic respiration

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effect of exercise on breathing rate

breathing rate increases

muscles respire more

more o2 needed to remove co2

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too hot

lots of sweat

blood vessels widen - vasodilate

hairs lie flat

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too cold

very little sweat

blood vessels constrict - vasoconstrict

you shiver

hairs stand up

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fementers

cleaned with steam

cleaned to prevent contamination

paddles stir

oxygen bubbled in for respiration

cooling jacket controls temp

ph probe controls ph

liquid culture medium supplied for nutrients for growth

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bile produced

liver

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bile stored

gall bladder

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nervous system

electrical impulses

neurones transmit impulses

short term

voluntary or involuntary

localised

fast

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hormonal system

chemical messengers

transmitted in blood stream

long term effects

involuntary

wide spread

slow

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forming of a caterax

less light into eye

less light to retina

less impulses down optic nerve

dont see as much

blurry eye