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There are 2 components, the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. They are a collection of nerves and neurotransmitters throughout the human body and present in both the centr...

At GCSE osmosis was simplified to just diffusion of water so it is the spreading out of water molecules from where there is a high concentration to a low concentration- but in fact osmosis depends both on...

To replicate the DNA of a eukaryotic cell, the double helix structure must first be unwound to present the base pair sequence. This is done using DNA helicase (this enzyme breaks the hydrogen bonds connec...

• chloroplasts which are able to trap light so it can be used to generate energy through photosynthesis - cell wall which provides the plant cell with structure

The cell has an outer membrane known as the cell membrane, which envelops the cytoplasm. The cell also contains mitochondria which work to provide the cell with energy (in the form of ATP) and a nucleus, ...