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Throughout your answer to this question make sure that you are cramming as much key language into it as possible! Phrases like 'islets of Langerhans', 'beta/alpha cells', and 'transporter proteins' will a...

Universities read through thousands of personal statements every year, and because of this and restrictiong in length, it does become quite difficult ot be original. However, it is not impossible. 

Precision and simplicity are what GCSE exam boards are looking for. You only have to look at the mark schemes to realise that it is very much a checking systen - there are specific points which the exa...

The cardiac cycle is what happens during a single heartbeat.

To understand the cycle it helps to know that the heart is made up of four chambers, the top 2 chambers are called the atria a...