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Describe the Control of Blood Sugar Concentration in the body under normal physiological conditions (4 Marks)

Blood glucose concentration is monitored and controlled by the pancreas (1 Mark)If blood glucose is too high then the Pancreas produces the hormone Insulin (1 Mark)From beta cells (1 Mark)This results in glu...
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Describe how animals and plants are adapted to survive in dry conditions such as deserts:

Plants are adapted to survive dry conditions in the following ways: A decrease in surface area of the leaf, such as that found in the rolled-up leaf/spike in cactuses. This decreases the area from which wate...
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How do vaccines protect us from infection and why is it important that lots of people are vaccinated?

Vaccines contain a safe form(weakened or small sample, a dead sample) of a disease causing micro-organism.The white blood cells produce the antibodies to destroy the invading pathogen.The memory cells can th...
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Describe how insulin returns the blood glucose concentration to normal.

Insulin acts a key to open the way for glucose to enter cells (hepatocytes, muscles and brain cells)Hepatocytes absorbs more glucose from blood. Glucose converted to glycogen- for storageLiver cells respire ...
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Describe Specific and Non-Specific defence mechanisms (6 marks)

The response in non-specific immunity is immediate and the same for all pathogens with two separate responses. The body has a physical barrier, which stops pathogens entering, such as skin(, mucus, scabs and...
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