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The loop of Henle is made up first of a descending limb and then an ascending limb. The descending limb is permeable to both water and sodium and chloride ions, whereas the ascending limb is impermeable t...

This is a two mark question so we need two points. Firstly doctors should only prescribe antibiotics for a confirmed bacterial infection, antibiotics won't work on viruses and if given may allow commensal...

Cellular Respiration is a three-step process. The Electron Transport Chain (ETC) is the final step of this process, generating majority of the ATP. The first two steps of Glycolysis and Citric Acid Cycle ...

Due to the afferent arteriole going towards the glomerulus having a having a larger diameter than the efferent arteriole leaving the glomerulus the pressure increases in the glomerulus. This causes the s...

Enzymes are typically globular proteins that catalyse a specific reaction. Being proteins, enzymes have a well-defined overall conformation (shape), or 'tertiary structure', which allows formation of a ca...