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How do expiration and inspiration occur by the action of the lungs?

Inspiration: The first stage of inspiration is contraction of the diaphragm, which causes it to move downwards, and contraction of the external intercostal muslces (the muscles between the ribs), which cause...
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Describe the function of ribosomes in protein synthesis.

Ribosomes, which are made up of rRNA, are instrumental in the translation of mRNA into proteins. The ribosome has a large and a small subunit, which sandwich around a strand of mRNA. This mRNA attaches to th...
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Summarise the vessels of the heart and their function

(during this discussion I would use a diagram of the hear to point out appropriate parts) The Aorta is the body's largest artery, It carries oxygenated blood from the Left verntricle to the body. The superio...
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Explain how the proteins troponin, tropomyosin, actin and myosin regulate muscle contraction.

When the muscle is relaxed, tropomyosin fibres wrap around the actin filament, covering up the sites at which myosin can bind with actin. During muscle contraction, Ca2+ ions bind to troponin complexes on th...
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mRNA is used in translation to make polypeptides. Describe the process of how mRNA (Messenger RNA) is produced in the Nucleus.

Helicase unwinds the DNA double helix strucutre This is done by breaking the hydrogen bonds Only one strand is then used as a template RNA nucleotides bond/ attract to exposed bases This is according with co...
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