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What are the names given to the body's first and second line of defence against disease? Name an example for each and how it works to prevent disease.

The first line of defence is passive immunity. An example is the skin and its job is to prevent a pathogen entering the body in the first place. Pathogens cannot penetrate the skin. The second line of def...

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Describe transcription and translation.

Transcription is the making mRNA from DNA. Translation is using the mRNA to code for a protein.

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Describe the path of electrical activity through the heart, starting at the sino-atrial node.

The electrical activity is initiated by the pacemaker of the heart, the sino-atrial node at the top of the left atrium. This spreads across the atria before reaching the atrio-ventricular node. Here there...

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What is a synapse and how does it work?

A synapse is a small gap between neurones (nerve cells). Information is passed along the neurone as an electrical impulse, but to get from one neurone to the next, the information is converted into a chem...

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Explain how proteins act as enzymes, including control by feedback inhibition in allosteric enzymes [9 marks]

The following answers this past exam question. Test your understanding by defining all the CAPITALISED words. Enzymes are GLOBULAR PROTEINS, which contain an active site to which the substrate binds. The ...

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