Search over 10,000 free study notes

"Photo" means light and "synthesis" means to make something. Photosynthesis is the production of oxygen and glucose from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water in green plants. The glucose...

Nerve impulses travel along the muscle fibre membrane (sarcolemma). The impulse is carried down into the fibre through T-tubules. Impulses are spread along the sa...

Mitosis and meiosis are both types of cell division.Cells that divide by mitosis produce 2 identical daughter cells - these cells have the same number of chromosomes. These cells are important for growth ...

Calcium ions enter the presynaptic terminal via voltage gated calcium channels, once the presynaptic terminal is depolarised by an action potential.Calcium ions stimulate vesicles to fuse with the presyna...

Interphase: DNA in chromosomes replicates to have double copies of itself for mitosis. 1. Prophase: DNA in chromosomes condenses therefore becomes mo...