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topic 1: gas exchange and cellular respiration

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Some organisms, such as plants, can trap the energy in sunlight through photosynthesis and store it in the chemical bonds of carbohydrate molecules. The principal carbohydrate formed through photosynthesis is glucose. Other types of organisms, such as animals, fungi, many protozoa, and a large portion of bacteria, are unable to perform this process. Therefore, these organisms must rely on the carbohydrates formed in plants to obtain the energy necessary for their metabolic processes​
​Explain the difference between anaerobic and aerobic respiration
Distinguish between fermentation and cellular respiration.
Distinguish
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Write and explain the overall chemical reaction for cellular respiration​
Draw:
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Glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water +ATPoCellular respiration takes in food and oxygen and turns it into ATP that willbe used for energy. Glucose is broken down into two molecules of pyruvicacid during glycolysis which occurs in the cytoplasm. Next, this pyruvicacid is moved to the mitochondria in the transition reaction and it isconverted into acetyl coenzyme A. Next, the Krebs cycle createsmolecules of ammonium triphosphate and molecules of reduced NAD.The electron transport chain then produces molecules of ATP and endsthe cellular respiration reaction


Explain how cellular respiration produces ATP from glucose and other molecules with high potential energy.
Explain: 
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The release of energy when glucose is oxidized is used to help synthesizeATP from ADP and Pirather than release all the energy in the form of heat.The potential energy stored in glucoses bonds is converted to kineticenergy in the form of heat and light and this heat and light is harnessed forATP synthesis

Describe the structure of the heart and how it functions
Describe:  Give a detailed account
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The human heart is a hollow, upside-down, pear-shaped shell. The inside of the heart is divided into four chambers, the left and right atria and the left and right ventricles, which periodically fill with blood and empty. 

The two atria form the curved top of the heart. The ventricles meet at the bottom of the heart to form a pointed base which points toward the left side of the chest. The left ventricle contracts most forcefully, so the heart beat is felt most strongly on the left side of the chest.
 
A wall, called the septum, separates the right and left sides of the heart. A valve connects each atrium to the ventricle below it. The mitral or bicuspid valve connects the left atrium with the left ventricle. The tricuspid valve connects the right atrium with the right ventricle.

Explain how the factors that affect heart rate
Explain:  Give a detailed account of causes, reasons or mechanisms
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There are many factors that affect your heart rate. The heart rate can speed up or slow down because of stress, exercise, medication, trauma or illness. Even breathing can cause slight fluctuations in heart rate. Most of the time a person does not really think about changes in his heart rate. 

Other factors that can affect heart rate
  • Air temperature: When temperatures (and the humidity) soar, the heart pumps a little more blood, so your pulse rate may increase, but usually no more than five to 10 beats a minute.
  • Body position: Resting, sitting or standing, your pulse is usually the same. Sometimes as you stand for the first 15 to 20 seconds, your pulse may go up a little bit, but after a couple of minutes it should settle down. Emotions: If you’re stressed, anxious or “extraordinarily happy or sad” your emotions can raise your pulse. 
  • Body size: Body size usually doesn't usually change pulse. If you’re very obese, you might see a higher resting pulse than normal, but usually not more than 100. 
  • Medication use: Meds that block your adrenaline (beta blockers) tend to slow your pulse, while too much thyroid medication or too high of a dosage will raise it
  • Digestion : In a digestive process, the intestines would require additional blood circulation and therefore a possible heart rate increase can be seen

Describe the structure of arteries, veins and capillaries and understand their roles
Describe:  Give a detailed account
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Describe the composition of the blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma 
Describe:  Give a detailed account
The composition of blood is actually quite complex. Blood is the medium in which dissolved gases, nutrients, hormones and waste products are transported. .

Blood is composed of a straw-colored liquid called plasma which contains suspended cells. The different specialized cells found in blood are:
  • red blood cells
  • white blood cells
  • platelets

Approximately 90% of plasma is water with the rest composed of dissolved substances, primarily proteins (e.g. albumin, globulin, fibronogen). Plasma typically accounts for 55% by volume of blood and of the remaining 45% the greatest contribution is from the red blood cells
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State the role of plasma in the transport of carbon dioxide, digested food, urea, hormones and heat  energy
State: Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calcualtion
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Plasma is a pale-yellowish, watery solution that suspends all of the other parts of the blood. It makes up about 55% of the total volume of our blood. Plasma itself is made up of 91.5% water. It acts as a solvent for important proteins, nutrients, electrolytes, gases, and other substances essential to life.

Plasma is made mostly of water. This allows our blood to flow freely through our blood vessels, transporting a variety of substances throughout our entire body. We can think of plasma as the river upon which particles can travel and be delivered where needed. Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are carried in the current of the plasma, transporting oxygen, providing an immune response, and delivering clotting agents when we have a cut.

Explain how adaptations of red blood cells, including shape, structure and the presence of haemoglobin, make them suitable for the transport of oxygen
Explain:  Give a detailed account of causes, reasons or mechanisms
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The oxygen carried in your red blood cells is stored in a special protein known as hemoglobin.  A single hemoglobin molecule is made of four identical sub-units. Each sub-unit has a heme component, aglobin chain and an iron atom bound to the heme section. Red blood cells are completely lacking in most other common cellular parts, such as a nucleus with DNA, or mitochondria.

Oxygen is able to bind to each of the iron atoms, meaning that a single hemoglobin molecule is able to carry up to four oxygen molecules at its maximum capacity. Interestingly, the structure of hemoglobin makes it such that the more oxygen that is bound to one of the sub-units, the more other oxygen molecules are attracted to the remaining iron atoms. 

Describe how the platelets are involved in blood clotting
.Describe: Give a detailed account
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Platelets are not only the smallest blood cell, they are the lightest.  Therefore they are pushed out from the center of flowing blood to the wall of the blood vessel.  There they roll along the surface of the vessel wall, which is lined by cells called endothelium.  The endothelium is a very special surface, like Teflon, that prevents anything from sticking to it.  However when there is an injury or cut, and the endothelial layer is broken, the tough fibers that surround a blood vessel are exposed to the liquid flowing blood.  It is the platelets that react first to injury.  The tough fibers surrounding the vessel wall, like an envelop, attract platelets like a magnet, stimulate the shape change that is shown in the pictures above, and platelets then clump onto these fibers, providing the initial seal to prevent bleeding, the leak of red blood cells and plasma through the vessel injury.

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Describe how the immune system responds to disease using white blood  cells, illustrated by phagocytes ingesting pathogens and lymphocytes releasing antibodies specific to the pathogen
Describe:  Give a detailed account.
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The immune system is the body's defense against infectious organisms. Through a series of steps called the immune response, the immune system attacks organisms that invade the body systems and cause disease. These organisms are called pathogens.

The immune system is made up of  of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect the body. The cells involved in the immune system are called white blood cells or leukocytes  The white blood cells come in two basic types that seek out and destroy the pathogens.

Leukocytes are produced or stored in many locations in the body, including the thymus, spleen, and bone marrow. For this reason, they're called the lymphoid organs. There are also lymphoid tissue,, primarily the lymph nodes, that store the leukocytes.

The leukocytes circulate through the body between the organs and nodes via lymphatic vessels and blood vessels. In this way, the immune system works in a coordinated manner to monitor the body for germs or substances that might cause problems.

The two basic types of leukocytes are:

  • phagocytes, cells that chew up invading organisms
  • lymphocytes, cells that allow the body to remember and recognize previous invaders and help the body destroy them

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Describe how vaccinations result in the manufacture of memory cells.
Describe:  Give a detailed account.
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Vaccines help develop immunity by imitating an infection. This 
type of infection, however, does not cause illness, but it does cause 
the immune system to produce T-lymphocytes and antibodies. 
Sometimes, after getting a vaccine, the imitation infection can cause 
minor symptoms, such as fever. Such minor symptoms are normal 
and should be expected as the body builds immunity. 

Once the imitation infection goes away, the body is left with a 
supply of “memory” T-lymphocytes, as well as B-lymphocytes that 
will remember how to fight that disease in the future. However, it 
typically takes a few weeks for the body to produce T-lymphocytes and B-lymphocytes after vaccination. Therefore, it is possible that a person who was infected with a disease just before or just after vaccination could develop symptoms and get a disease, because the vaccine has not had enough time to provide protection. 

Outline the issues of childhood vaccinations
Outline:  Give a brief account or summary
The number of young children who are not fully vaccinated for preventable diseases has been steadily increasing over the last decade. More and more, parents are claiming nonmedical exemptions from routine vaccinations — leaving their children, their children's classmates, and other children in their communities vulnerable to diseases.

With growing evidence that vaccinations may actually be causing chronic health problems and the attendant realization that the right to informed consent is being denied, a growing number of parents and concerned individuals are demanding that questions about safety and appropriateness be addressed.
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Key Terms:
surface area 
SA:Volume ratio
pulmonary 
systemic
atria 
atrioventricular
tricuspid valve
bicuspid valve
pathogen
white blood cell
heart 
blood vessels
arteries
veins
septum
AV node
arterioles
innervated
vaccination
blood clot
capillaries
blood 
plasma
cardiac muscle
oxygenated
deoxygenated
platelets
red blood cells
fibrinogen
gibrin
cardiac cycle
systol
diastole
coronary arteries
erythrocytes
haemoglobin
oxyhaemoglobin
phagocytosis
secondary immune response
medulla
ventricle
vena cava
aorta
pseudopodia
lymphocytes
antibodies
antigen
memory cell
immune

Classroom Materials:
Surface Area to Volume ratio​ worksheet
Size Matters worksheet
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Osmosis and Diffusion review


Comparing Human Circulation System with other species reading activity
Circulatory System (study notes)
The Heart Coloring activity
Diagram of the Heart
Exercise practical (in class design)
Heart Dissection practical 
The Circulatory System Cloze activity
Blood Vessels Worksheet
Anatomy of the blood
Circulatory System Review

Part 1 Circulatory System Overview
Part 2 The Heart
Part 3 The Vessles
Part 4 The Blood
Useful Links:
Circulation from BBC Bitesize
Video clip on Heart Circulation
Active Book animation on page 55
Video clip on Heart Disease
PBS presentation on Circulation
Immunity animation from McGraw Hill
A nice review of the Circulatory System from KScience
Another KScience animation to help practice Labeling the Heart
Measles and the anti-vaccine 'debate' , BBC News

Video Clips:
This video shows how Paramecium eat. Paramecium is a genus of unicellular ciliate protozoa, commonly studied as a representative of the ciliate group. Its shape resembles that of a grain of rice. The cell ranges from about 50 to 350 �m in length (more or less one tenth of a millimetre) and is covered with simple cilia, allowing the cell to move at speeds of approximately 12 body lengths per second. The cilia act like oars and move in one direction.There is a deep oral groove containing inconspicuous tongue-like compound oral cilia (as found in other peniculids) used to draw food inside. In general, they feed on bacteria and other small cells, making them heterotrophs. Osmoregulation is carried out by a pair of contractile vacuoles, which actively expel water from the cell absorbed by osmosis from its surroundings.[1] They are relatively large protists and can easily be seen with a medium-power microscope.

Paramecia are widespread in freshwater environments, and are especially common in scums. Recently, some new species of Paramecium have been discovered in the oceans.

Certain single-cell eukaryotes such as Paramecium are examples for exceptions to the universality of the genetic code: in their translation systems a few codons differ from the standard ones.
For most of history, scientists weren't quite sure why our hearts were beating or even what purpose they served. Eventually, we realized that these thumping organs serve the vital task of pumping clean blood throughout the body. But how? Edmond Hui investigates how it all works by taking a closer look at the heart's highly efficient ventricle system
Hank takes us on a trip around the body - we follow the circulatory and respiratory systems as they deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from cells, and help make it possible for our bodies to function.
3D How the Heart Works
Hank tells us about the team of deadly ninja assassins that is tasked with protecting our bodies from all the bad guys that want to kill us - also known as our immune system.
This amazing video shows aWhite Blood Cell Chases Bacteria. Video by David Rogers, Vanderbilt University
The first ever vaccine was created when Edward Jenner, an English physician and scientist, successfully injected small amounts of a cowpox virus into a young boy to protect him from the related (and deadly) smallpox virus. But how does this seemingly counterintuitive process work? Kelwalin Dhanasarnsombut details the science behind vaccines
Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats -- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics
Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress.
Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job.
This amazing device could 'eat' bad cholesterol in your arteries.
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