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Both are forms of treatment for kidney failure so the blood is left unfiltered as this is one of the main functions of the kidneys. In haemodialysis all of the blood is filtered and it is done externally ...

1. An action potential arriving at the pre-synaptic membrane stimulates voltage-gated calcium channels to open and calcium ions diffuse into the neuron through these calcium channe...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus occurs when the body's immune system attacks beta cells within the Islets of Langerhans, in the pancreas. The immune system recognises pancreatic self-antigens as foreign and begi...

Mitosis is a form of cell division that produces genetically identical cells and it includes 4 main stages. Before Mitosis can occur the cell undergoes Interphase, in which DNA and organelles are replicat...

As an action potential (AP) arrives at the synaptic knob and depolarises the presynaptic membrane, voltage-gated Ca2+ channels open, allowing the entry of Ca2+ ions, This caues vesicles (membrane-bound or...