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This question is about the nervous system. Describe the difference between the function of a receptor and the function of an effector. In your answer you should give one example of a receptor and one example of an effector.

A receptor detects a change in stimuli e.g. eye detects light - An effector carries out a response e.g. muscle
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Please explain the pathway of blood in the mammalian heart.

Blood enters the right side of the heart through the vena cava. In Humans this is divided into what we refer to as the superior and inferior vena cava. These terms essentially mean the top and bottom vena ca...
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Explain how sucrose is transported from the phloem to the sieve tube element. (5)

Protons are actively transported using ATP out of the companion cell into the cell wall , creating an electrochemical gradient. These protons then re-enter the cell by facilitated diffusion through a co-tran...
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Aspartic Acid and Proline are both part of the 20 basic amino acids. Describe their similarities and differences in terms of their properties.

As we know there are 20 fundamental amino acids used for protein synthesis. Both Aspartic Acid and Proline are such amino acids. They are composed of the typical amino acid carbon skeleton (R-CH-COOH) and of...
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Could you explain the blood flow through the heart?

Deoxygenated blood enters through the right atrium from vena cava, moves through tricuspid valve into right ventricle. This moves up the pulmonary artery to the lungs and oxygenates.Oxygenated blood enters l...
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