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Week 4 - The Cardiovascular System: Blood
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17  cards
Week 4 - Circulatory System
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26  cards
Week 4 - Blood Vessels and Systems
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25  cards
Week 2 - Digestive System
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30  cards
Week 2 - Oral Cavity
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29  cards
Week 2 - Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas
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10  cards
Week 2 - Summary of digestive hormones
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10  cards
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  cards
Week 5 - Sliding filaments theory
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15  cards
Week 5 - Neural connection to skeletal muscle
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6  cards
Week 3 - Respiratory System
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31  cards
Week 3 - Respiration
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17  cards
Week 3 - gas exchange
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8  cards
Week 6 - Urinary System
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23  cards
Week 6 - Urine formation
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32  cards
Week 7 - Endocrine System
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34  cards
Week 7 - Thyroid gland
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11  cards
Week 7 - Adrenal gland
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14  cards
Week 7 - Pancreas
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7  cards
Week 9 - Infancy and Childhood
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35  cards
Week 9 - lecture 2
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20  cards
Week 9 - lecture 3
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19  cards
Week 10 - Adolescents and Adulthood
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29  cards
Week 10 - part 2 adulthood and adolescence
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25  cards
Week 11 - Pregnancy, Menopause, Ageing
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30  cards

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