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27 Cards in this Set
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Rhythms |
Controls animal and plant responses |
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Photoperiodicity |
Response of a plant that changes as day length changes |
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Circadian Rhythms |
Pattern of behaviour that changes over a 24 hour period |
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Pest |
Animals such as insects or larger herbivores that eat and damage crop plants |
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Pathogen |
An organism (usually a microorganism such as a bacterium or virus) that causes disease |
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Quinine |
Plant chemical used to treat human diseases |
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Digoxin |
Plant chemicals to treat human disorders |
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Aspirin |
Plant chemicals used to relieve symptoms |
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Immunisation |
Protect you from infection, make someone immune |
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Vaccine |
A dead pathogen |
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Lymphocyte |
A type of white blood cell that produces antibodies |
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Memory lymphocytes |
A lymphocyte that remains in the blood for a long time after an infection or vaccination |
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Antibody |
A protein produced by lymphocytes. It attaches to a specific antigen on a microorganism and helps to destroy or neutralise it |
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Antigen |
A protein that white blood cells recognise as foreign, for example, on the surface of a bacterium |
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Antibody |
A protein produced by lymphocytes. It attaches to a specific antigen on a microorganism and helps to destroy or neutralise it |
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Antigen |
A protein that white blood cells recognise as foreign, for example, on the surface of a bacterium |
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Monoclonal Antibodies |
Antibodies that carry useful chemical markers or treatments |
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Hybridoma |
A cell made by fusing a lymphocyte cell and a cancer cell |
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Metabolic reactions |
Processes that happen within the body to maintain life |
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Renal veins |
Carriers cleaned blood to the body |
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Renal arteries |
Carries blood from the body to the kidneys |
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Ureters |
Carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder |
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Kidneys |
Remove substances including urea from blood and makes urine |
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Urethra |
Urine flows through to outside |
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Nephrons |
Tiny tubules in kidneys that make urine |
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Glomerulus |
A network of blood capillaries in a kidney |
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Loop of Henle |
Part of a kidney nephron that loops down and then sharply upwards; helps with osmoregulation |
