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Week 4 - The Cardiovascular System: Blood
Name the functions of blood 1,
Total blood volume 2,
Components of blood and its perce...
17
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Week 4 - Circulatory System
Name the two systems in the circu...,
Functions of the cardiovascular s...,
Functions of the lymphatic system 3
26
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Week 4 - Blood Vessels and Systems
What vessels are the majority of ...,
Veins are called c__________ vess...,
Capillaries 3
25
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Week 2 - Digestive System
Digestive tract 1,
Gastrointestinal tract 2,
Digestive system components in or...
30
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Week 2 - Oral Cavity
Number of normal teeth 1,
2 types of digestion in the oral ...,
How many large salivary glands ar...
29
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Week 2 - Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas
Where is the liver situated 1,
Hepatic artery 2,
Hepatic portal vein 3
10
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Week 2 - Summary of digestive hormones
Gastrin 1,
Secretin 2,
Cholecystokinin 3
10
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Week 5 - Muscular system
Identify and explain the differences of the three types of muscle in the human body
Describe the functions of skeletal muscle
Identify and describe the anatomy of a skeletal muscle
Explain the stages of the sliding filament theory
Explain a what a motor unit is
Explain the role of calcium and ATP in muscular contraction
Explain the excitation-contraction coupling mechanism
Acknowledge the differing fibre types
29
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Week 5 - Sliding filaments theory
Sliding filament model theory 1,
Myosin 2,
What does each globular head of m...
15
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Week 5 - Neural connection to skeletal muscle
Nerve cell innervating skeletal m...,
Where is the cell body of an alph...,
Where is the axon of an alpha mot...
6
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Week 3 - Respiratory System
Spirometry 1,
Primary function of the respirati...,
Steps of respiration 4 3
31
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Week 3 - Respiration
Explain the path of gases take fr...,
Specialized characteristics of al...,
Pulmonary blood flow from start t...
17
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Week 3 - gas exchange
Dalton s law 1,
Partial pressure 2,
Of gases in the atmosphere 3
8
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Week 6 - Urinary System
Urinary system functions 5 1,
Location of the kidneys 2,
Which kidney is higher and why 3
23
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Week 6 - Urine formation
Where does filtration start to oc...,
What components make up the filtr...,
What is renal fraction and what i...
32
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Week 7 - Endocrine System
What does the endocrine system do 1,
Functions of the endocrine system 2,
3 types of hormone secretion patt...
34
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Week 7 - Thyroid gland
Where is the thyroid gland located 1,
What does the thyroid gland secre...,
What are the follicles made up of 3
11
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Week 7 - Adrenal gland
Where is the adrenal gland located 1,
Adrenal glands are comprised of 2 2,
Adrenal cortex has 3 layers what ...
14
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Week 7 - Pancreas
Where is the pancreas located 1,
Is the pancreas an exocrine or en...,
Define exocrine and name the exoc...
7
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Week 9 - Infancy and Childhood
Hyperplasia 1,
Hypertrophy 2,
Maturation 3
35
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Week 9 - lecture 2
Explain foetal circulation and ho...,
Umbilical vein 2,
How many umbilical arteries are t...
20
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Week 9 - lecture 3
Stages of lung development and we...,
What develops at the embryonic an...,
What develops at the canalicular ...
19
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Week 10 - Adolescents and Adulthood
Define pre adolescence 1,
Adolescence 2,
Adulthood years 3
29
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Week 10 - part 2 adulthood and adolescence
Define puberty and name 3 things ...,
What is secreted when gonadotroph...,
What secretes lh and fsh 3
25
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Week 11 - Pregnancy, Menopause, Ageing
Fertilization steps 1,
What does the zygote become a bla...,
What day does the blastocyst burr...
30
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