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What are the four chambers of the heart and what is the order blood flows through them?

The four chambers of the heart are the right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium and left ventricle.Deoxygenated blood (blood with no oxygen) flows into the right side of the heart via the superior and infe...
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Outline the events that occur within the heart, which cause blood to move around the body.

One of the most crucial functions of the heart is to act as a pump which distributes the blood around the body. The blood is first collected in the atria, and then pumped from atria to the ventricles. The at...
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Describe the main events that occur during human fertilization.

Fertilization is an example of a typical cell-to-cell recognition process between the small, assymetrical and motile sperm cell and the large, spherical, immobile egg. As soon as the sperm is released inside...
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‘Smokers suffer from more lower respiratory tract infections.’ Justify this statement in light of respiratory tract protection mechanisms.

Smoke contains many harmful chemicals and carcinogens (such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons). There are several ways in which smoking increases the likelihood of lower respiratory tract infections. 1) Ch...
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Explain how oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported within the blood?

Oxygen diffuses through the alveolar wall into the capillary beds surrounding the lungs, and here it enters the red blood cells (erythrocytes). It binds to protein contained within the red blood cell called ...
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