Biology - Module 3 - Organisms exchange substances with their environment

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6.1 - Specialised Exchange Surfaces
Key features of specialised excha...,
Why do multicellular organisms re...
2  cards
6.2 - Gas Exchange in Insects
How does lactate accumulation aff...,
Ventilation mechanisms in insects...,
How is the conc gradient between ...
11  cards
6.3 - Gas exchange in fish
What is the adavantage of counter...,
Countercurrent flow system 2,
Adaptations of the gills for effi...
5  cards
6.4 - Gas Exchange in Plants
Adaptations of leaf structures fo...,
Important structures of a leaf 6 2,
Key adaptations of xerophytes to ...
5  cards
6.5 - Human Gas Exchange System
Adaptations of pulmonary capillar...,
What does the pulmonary blood ves...,
Adaptations of the alveoli for ga...
12  cards
6.6 - Ventilation
What happens during expiration 5 1,
What happens during inspiration 5 2,
3 sets of muscles that act on the...
4  cards
6.7 - Digestion
Order of food digestion through t...,
Key components in digestion 8 2,
Two main ways in which the body b...
3  cards
6.8 - Digestive enzymes
3 types of proteases 1,
Role of proteases and what are th...,
Digestion of lipids 3
10  cards
6.9 - Absorption
Absorption of triglycerides 1,
Absorption of amino acids and mon...,
Adaptations of the ileum for abso...
3  cards
7.1 - Haemoglobin
How does conc of co2 affect haemo...,
What is the bohr shift 2,
Fetal vs adult haemoglobin 3
11  cards
7.2 - Overview of the circulatory system
What is the pulmonary circulatory...,
What is the systemic circulatory ...,
Our circulatory system 3
5  cards
7.3 - Heart Structure
Why is the left ventricle wall th...,
Why are the ventricle walls thick...,
Blood vessels associated with the...
8  cards
7.4 - The cardiac cycle
Cardiac output 1,
Stages of the cardiac cycle 2,
Stage 1 atrial systole 3
5  cards
7.5 - Blood vessels
Size comparison of venules and ve...,
Valves in the veins structure com...,
Veins and venules function and ad...
7  cards
7.6 - Blood, Tissue fluid and Lymph
Formation and transport of lymph 1,
Composition of lymph 2,
Formation of tissue fluid at the ...
9  cards
7.7 - Xylem and Phloem
Adaptations of companion cells 1,
Adaptations of sieve tube elements 2,
What does phloem transport and ma...
6  cards
7.8 - Water transport in Plants
Steps of using a potometer 1,
Factors affecting the transpirati...,
Why does transpiration occur 3
6  cards
7.9 - Mass flow hypothesis
Evidence against mass flow hypoth...,
Evidence for mass flow hypothesis...,
What happens at the sink of the p...
6  cards

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