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The role of enzymes such as proteases and lipases in the body is to break down proteins and fats respectively during digestion. Proteins are broken down into amino acids and fats are broken down into fatt...

A low level of glucose in the blood will stimulate secretion of glucagon to increase the amount of glucose in the blood. Glucagon causes the liver to release stores of glycogen to be converted to glucose...

During the light dependent reaction, chlorophyll in the chloroplasts within a plant cell will absorb light energy, this will then excite electrons and an electron will be removed from the chlorophyll, onc...

Blood needs to circulate around the body in order to supply organs with nutrients and oxygen and to remove waste. Blood is oxygenated in small, one cell thick vessels in the lungs. These flow together to ...

A rise in body temperature will be detected by the thermoregulatory centres in the hypothalamus. When the core body temperature exceeds 37 degrees C the blood vessels will dilate and shunt vessels will co...