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What is a ‘receptor’?

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Special sensory cell/organ that detects changes in the environment

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What is a ‘stimuli?

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A change in the environment that is detected by sensory receptors

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Complete the sentence:

The nervous system has…

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…receptors to detect stimuli

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Where are receptors found?

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In sense organs such as the eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin

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What is a sense organ?

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A collection of special cells known as receptors which responds to stimuli

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What does light stimulate?

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Receptors in the eye. Electrical impulses are then produces and pass to the brain along neurons.

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Give some examples of different stimuli.

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  • Sound
  • Chemicals
  • Temperature changes
  • Touch
  • Pain
  • Smell
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What does the brain coordinate?

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Responses to many stimuli

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What does the nervous system allow humans to do?

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Detect and react to their surroundings and coordinate behaviour accordingly

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What is the central nervous system (CNS)?

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Made up of the brain and spinal cord and is where information is processed.

It coordinates resonses to stimuli

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What do nerves contain?

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Neurons

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What are nerves?

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Bundles of hundreds, or even thousands, or neurons

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What are neurons?

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Nerve cells which carry minute electrical impulses around the body

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What are sensory neurons/what do they do?

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Neurons which carry impulses from the sensory organs/receptors to the CNS

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What are motor neurones/what do they do?

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Neurons which carry impluses from the CNS to effector organs

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What are effector organs?

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Muscles/glands that respond to impulses from the nervous system (specifically motor neurons)

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How do muscles and glands respond to imulses from the nervous system?

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Muscles contract, glands secrete chemicals

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Describe the stages/order of the nervous system/how it works.

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  • Sense organs/receptors detect external stimuli
  • Sensory neurons then carry electrical impulses from these receptors to the CNS
  • The CNS coordinates a response (reflex or thought through)
  • Motor neurons then carry impulses from the CNS to effector organs
  • The effector organs then carry out the response to the initial stimuli
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What are reflexes?

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Rapid, automatic responses of the nervous system that do not involve conscious thought

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What are the main steps of a reflex action?

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  • Receptor detects stimulus
  • Sensory neuron transmits impulse to the CNS
  • Relay neuron passes the impulse on
  • Motor neuron is stimulated
  • Impulse passes to an effector
  • Action/response is taken
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What is the name of the junction between two neurons?

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A synapse

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What is a synapse?

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A junction/gap bwteeen two neurons where the transmission of information is chemical rather than electrical

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What is a reflex arc?

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The name for the sequence from receptor to effector when performing a reflex action

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How long does the menstrual cycle take?

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About 28 days (1 month)

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When does ovulation occur in the menstrual cycle?
About 14 days into the cycle
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What is FSH and what does it do?
**Follicle stimulating hormone** is made by the **pituitary gland** and causes the **egg to mature and oestrogen to be produced**.
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What is the pituitary gland/what does it do?
Small gland in the brain which produces a range of hormones controlling body functions
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What is oestrogen and what does it do?
Hormone produced in the **ovaries**. **Inhibits** further production of **FSH** and **stimulates** the production of **LH** + the **womb lining** to develop to recieve a fertilised egg
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What is LH and what does it do?
**Luteinising hormone** made by the **pituitary gland**. It **stimulates** the mature egg to be released from the ovary (**ovulation**)
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What is ovulation?
When the mature egg is released from the ovary
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Describe the stages of the menstrual cycle.
* **FSH**, made in the **pituitary gland**, causes **egg to mature** + **production of oestrogen** * **Oestrogen**, produced by the **ovaries**, inhibits further **FSH** production. **Stimulates LH** production + **development of womb lining** ready for ovulation. * **LH**, produced in the **pituitary gland**, stimulates **ovulation**.
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What is the contraceptive pill?
Pill containing female sex hormones, such as oestrogen and progesterone, used to prevent contraception
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What is progesterone?
Female sex hormone used in the contraceptive pill
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Why are some contraceptive pills progesterone-only?
Because this has fewer side effects than also using oestrogen
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How do contraceptive pills work?
Inhibits production of FSH so no eggs can mature. This means that ovulation does not occur, and subsequently neither can pregnancy.
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What is a 'fertility treatment'?
When a woman is given FSH and LH to help produce mature eggs and release them (ovulation) respectively
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Describe how IVF works.
* **Fertility drugs** (containing FSH) are used to make l**ots of eggs mature at the same time** for collection * The **eggs are collected** and places in a special solution in a **Petri dish** * A sample of **semen is collected** * The **eggs and sperm are mixed** in the Petri dish * The eggs are **checked** to make sure they've been **fertilised** and the **embryos are developing** properly * **1 or 2 embryos are then placed inside the uterus of the mother**. Hopefully, at least one baby will grow + develop successfully.
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What are the advantages of contraceptive pills?
* Have helped reduce family size which has helped reduce poverty in some areas * Allows women to control their pregnancies
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What are the disadvantages of contraceptive pills?
* Can cause side effects * Some people object to it for moral/ethical/religious reasons
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What are the advantages of fertility treatments/drugs?
* Fertility drugs can help infertile couples who are having IVF * IVF can help couples have a baby
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What are the disadvantages of fertility treatments/drugs?
* IVF is expensive * Some people think it is unethical when women have babies using IVF * Extra embryos produced may be stored/destroyed (unethical/against religions/morals, wasteful)
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What is 'internal environment'?
The conditions inside the body
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What internal conditions are controlled by the body?
* Water content * Ion content * Temperature * Blood sugar level
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What controls the level of sugar in our blood?
The pancreas
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Why must we keep our body temperature constant?
So that enzymes in the body are not denatured/work as efficiently as possible
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How do we lose water?
* Breathing * Sweating * Excess is lost in urine (produced by kidneys)
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How do we lose ions?
* Sweat * Kidneys * Urine
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How do we lose sugar?
Through respiration
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What are plants sensitive to/what do they respond to?
* Light * Gravity * Moisture
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What is phototrophism?
The response of a plant **shoot growing towards light**. It is controlled by **auxin**
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What is gravitrophism?
The response of a plant **root growing towards gravity**. It is controlled by **auxin**
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How do plants respond to light, gravity, and moisture?
* Phototrophism * Gravitrophism * Roots grow towards water
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What is auxin?
A **plant hormone** which **controls phototrophism and gravitrophism**
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What does unequal distribution of auxin cause?
Unequal plant growth. This, in turn, results in the bending of the shoot or root
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What are the uses of plant growth hormones?
* Can be used as weed killers * To stimulate root growth Horticulture + agriculture (respectively)
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Describe an experiment that could be used to demonstrate gravitrophism.
* **Normal young bean is laid on its side in the dark**. The **auxin is equally spread** * In the **root**, more **auxin gathers on the lower side** * The **root grows more towards the side with the least auxin**, making it bend and **grow down towards the force of gravity**. * When it has grown downwards, the auxin becomes **evenly spread again** * The **shoot grows more on the side with the most auxin**, **away from the force of gravity** * When it has grown upwards, the auxin become **evenly spread again**
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How are hormones used in women?
* Use contraceptive pills to plan + prevent pregnancies * To help them become pregnant * To help older women have babies. May involve using an egg donor being given hormones to produce egg-stra eggs. *(It can also be used to write objectifying exam-style questions)*
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How are hormones used in plants?
* Weedkillers are used to kill unwanted plants * When cuttings are taken, hormones can be used to encourage root growth before planting * Can encourgae fruit to ripen * If used incorrectly can damage the environment. E.g. weedkillers may harm other plants.

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