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  • Microscopes

    Normal light microscope can see cells and nucleus, electron microscope can see subcellular structures in more detail
  • Calculating cell size

    1. Measure image size
    2. Divide by magnification
  • Eukaryotic cells

    Have a nucleus containing DNA
  • Prokaryotic cells

    Do not have a nucleus, DNA is in a ring called a plasmid
  • Cell structures

    • Cell membrane
    • Cell wall (in plants and bacteria)
    • Cytoplasm
    • Mitochondria
    • Ribosomes
    • Chloroplasts (in plants)
  • Bacterial binary fission

    1. Number doubles every 10 minutes
    2. Practical: Grow culture on agar plate using aseptic technique
    3. Calculate culture size from area or initial drop
  • Diploid cells

    Have 23 pairs of chromosomes
  • Haploid cells

    Have 23 single chromosomes
  • Mitosis

    1. Genetic material duplicated
    2. Nucleus breaks down
    3. Chromosomes pulled to opposite sides
    4. New nuclei form
  • Specialised cell types

    • Nerve
    • Muscle
    • Root hair
    • Xylem
    • Phloem
  • Stem cells

    Unspecialised cells that can differentiate into various cell types
  • Diffusion

    Movement of molecules/particles from high to low concentration, down concentration gradient, no energy input
  • Osmosis

    Diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane
  • Practical: Osmosis

    1. Cut potato cylinders
    2. Weigh and place in sugar solutions
    3. Reweigh after a day
    4. Calculate percentage change in mass
    5. Plot against sugar concentration to find no change point
  • Active transport

    Using energy to move substances against a concentration gradient
  • Digestive system processes

    • Acid in stomach
    • Bile and enzymes in small intestine
    • Enzymes break down food into small molecules
  • Enzymes

    Biological catalysts that are specific to certain substrates, work on a lock and key principle
  • Practical: Enzyme activity

    1. Mix amylase and starch
    2. Test for starch every 10 seconds with iodine
    3. Plot time to complete reaction against temperature or pH
    4. Find optimum conditions
  • Food tests

    • Iodine for starch
    • Benedict's solution for sugars
    • Biuret's reagent for proteins
    • Ethanol for lipids
  • Breathing vs respiration

    Breathing provides oxygen for respiration in cells
  • Gas exchange in lungs
    1. Air moves down trachea, bronchi, bronchioles to alveoli
    2. Oxygen diffuses into blood, carbon dioxide diffuses out
  • Circulatory system

    Double circulatory system, deoxygenated blood enters right side of heart, oxygenated blood leaves left side
  • Heart structure

    • Right atrium and ventricle, left atrium and ventricle
    • Electrical pulses from pacemaker cause heart to beat
  • Blood vessels

    • Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from heart, veins carry deoxygenated blood towards heart
    • Capillaries allow fast diffusion
  • Coronary arteries supply heart muscle with oxygen, blockage can cause heart attack
  • Stents can be inserted to keep blood vessels open, statins reduce cholesterol
  • Heart valve problems can be treated with artificial valves
  • Non-communicable diseases

    Caused by internal factors, e.g. cardiovascular disease, autoimmune conditions, cancer
  • Communicable diseases

    Caused by external pathogens, e.g. infectious diseases
  • Coronary artery

    Delivers blood to the heart muscle to supply oxygen
  • Heart attack

    Occurs when coronary arteries are blocked by buildup of fatty deposits, causing coronary heart disease (CHD)
  • Stents

    Little tubes inserted into blood vessels to keep them open and allow blood flow
  • Statins

    Drugs that reduce cholesterol, which reduces fatty deposits
  • Faulty heart valves

    Result in backflow, can be replaced with artificial ones
  • Blood

    Carries plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells (combat infections), and platelets (clot wounds)
  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD)

    An example of a non-communicable disease, caused by factors within the body
  • Examples of non-communicable diseases
    • Cardiovascular disease
    • Autoimmune conditions
    • Cancer
  • Communicable disease

    Caused by a pathogen (virus, bacteria, fungus, or protest) that enters the body
  • Carcinogen

    Anything that increases the risk of cancer
  • Benign cancer

    Doesn't spread through the body, relatively easy to treat