What do the muscles and glands do in response to stimuli?
Muscles contract and glands secrete chemical substances(hormones).
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What is a synapse?
A gap between two neurones.
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What are hormones?
Chemical messengers that travel in the blood to target organs.
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What is the medulla?
The base, controls unconscious activities like breathing, movement in the intestines and heartbeat
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What is the role of oestrogen in the menstrual cycle?
Produced by the ovaries. Causes the lining of the uterus to grow. Stimulates the release of LH (which causes ovulation) and inhibits the release of FS...
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What happens during vasodilation?
The blood vessels supplying the skin dilate (widen). This helps to transfer energy to the environment.
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Name some methods by which scientists study the brain.
MRI, Electrical stimulation, Studying patients with damage to their brain.
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What is homeostasis?
The maintenance of a constant internal environment.
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What makes up the central nervous system?
The brain or spinal cord
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How can auxins be used to kill weeds?
Most weeds growing in a field of crops or on a lawn are broad leaved, in contrast to grasses and cereals which are narrow leaves. Selective weedkiller...
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What does glucagon do? HINT GLU-COSE-GONE
It makes the liver convert glycogen to glucose. This causes the blood glucose level to increase.
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What is the purpose of the partially permeable membrane in the dialysis machine.
To only allow small soluble molecules (e.g. urea, water and ions) to move into the dialysis fluid, not large molecules like proteins.