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Explain how increased blood CO2 leads to an increased heart rate

The high CO2 rate is detected by chemoreceptors in the aorta. The chemoreceptors send impulses to the medulla in the brain. The medulla then sends impulses along sympathetic neurons to the sinoatrial node...

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What is a Pacinian corpuscle and how does it work?

The Pacinian corpuscle is a mechanoreceptor, which means it is a sensory receptor that responds to touch, pressure or vibration. Pacinian corpuscles are found deep in the skin, and respond to both pressur...

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Outline the importance of photosynthetic pigments in photosynthesis

Photosynthetic pigments are found in certain proteins and absorb photons (waves of light) at particular wavelengths. This absorbance causes electrons in the pigments to become excited and they increase in...

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Explain why glucose is needed for the contraction of skeletal muscle.

Skeletal muscle use glucose in glycolysis to generate ATP, the energy currency of the cell. ATP binds the myosin head in skeletal muscle to displace actin (a protein bound as part of the muscle contractio...

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Using your knowledge of osmosis, describe what happens to a red blood cell when they are placed in a beaker of distilled water.

The distilled water is a hypotonic solution and so has a higher water potential than that of the red blood cell. Due to the difference in water potentials, water will move from the beaker into the red blo...

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