WACE Surfing Human Biology Unit 3

  • Kerri Humphreys
  • Science Press
  • 2017
  • ISBN: 9780855837006

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Description

Each book in the Surfing series contains a summary, with occasional more detailed sections, of all the mandatory parts of the syllabus, along with questions and answers.
All types of questions – multiple choice, short response, structured response and free response – are provided.
Questions are written in exam style so that you will become familiar with the concepts of the topic and answering questions in the required way.
Answers to all questions are included.
A topic test at the end of the book contains an extensive set of summary questions. These cover every aspect of the topic, and are useful for revision and exam practice.


Table of Contents

Introduction
Words to Watch
1 Assumed Knowledge
2 The Endocrine System
3 The Types of Hormones
4 The Pituitary Gland
5 The Thyroid Gland
6 The Adrenal Glands
7 The Pancreas
8 Play – Keeping Up With the Hormones
9 Hormones and Feedback Regulation
10 The Three Steps in Signal Transduction
11 The Nervous System
12 The Role of the Nervous System
13 The Brain
14 The Brain Interprets Signals
15 The Spinal Cord
16 The Autonomic Nervous System
17 The Stimulus-Response Model
18 Receptors
19 Reflex Arcs
20 Structure of a Neuron
21 The Action Potential
22 Crossing the Synapse
23 Types of Neurotransmitters
24 Transmission of a Nervous Impulse
25 Comparing the Endocrine System and Nervous System
26 Homeostasis
27 Feedback Mechanisms
28 Homeostasis and Temperature Control
29 Modelling Human Thermoregulation
30 Homeostasis and Blood Composition
31 The Hypothalamus and Homeostasis
32 Changing Metabolic Activity
33 Homeostasis, Excretion and Osmoregulation
34 Osmoreceptors and Water Balance
35 Renal Dialysis
36 Homeostasis and Gas Concentrations
37 Infectious Disease
38 Louis Pasteur
39 Robert Koch
40 Pathogen Transmission
41 Experiment – Microbes in Food and Water
42 Water Treatment
43 Health, Disease and Cleanliness
44 Prion Pathogens
45 Case Study – Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
46 Virus Pathogens
47 Case Study – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
48 Bacteria Pathogens
49 Case Study – Cholera
50 Antibiotics and Bacterial Infections
51 Protist Pathogens
52 Case Study – Cryptosporidium
53 Fungi Pathogens
54 Case Study – Tinea
55 Macroparasites
56 Case Study – Pork Tapeworm
57 Disease with an Insect Vector – Malaria
58 Barriers – The First Line of Defence
59 Defence by Specific Body Parts
60 Antigens
61 The Immune Response – The Second Line of Defence
62 Play – Inside the Immune System
63 Leucocytes
64 Mast Cells and Dendritic Cells
65 Complement Proteins
66 The Inflammatory Response
67 The Third line of Defence
68 B Lymphocytes
69 The Structure of Antibodies
70 T Lymphocytes
71 Macfarlane Burnet
72 Immunity
73 Vaccination Programs
74 Epidemiology
75 Pandemics – Influenza
76 Modelling Disease Outbreak and Spread
77 Managing Pandemics in the Asia Region
78 Immune Deficiency Diseases
79 Allergic Reactions
80 Snake Antivenom Production
81 Monoclonal Antibodies and Cancer
82 Rational Drug Design
83 Antiviral Drugs and Antibiotics
84 Synthetic Hormones
85 Gene Therapy
86 Gene Cloning and Cell Replacement
87 Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease
Topic Test
Answers
Index

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