AS Biology Flash Revise Pocketbook

ISBN: 9780340992302
Publisher: Philip Allan

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  Table of Contents:
  Exchanges with the environment
  1 Exchanges with the environment
  2 Gas exchange in flowering plants
  3 Gas exchange in humans
  4 Controlling the rate of ventilation
  Digestion and absorption
  5 A balanced diet: macronutrients
  6 A balanced diet: micronutrients, water and dietary fibre
  7 The digestive process
  8 The role of enzymes in digestion
  9 Absorption
  Transport systems in plants
  10 The process of transpiration
  11 Factors affecting the rate of transpiration
  12 Xylem tissue
  13 Phloem tissue
  14 Movement of water in flowering plants I
  15 Movement of water in flowering plants II
  16 Movement of mineral ions in flowering plants
  Transport systems in mammals
  17 The mammalian circulatory system
  18 The mammalian heart
  19 The cardiac cycle
  20 Control of the cardiac cycle
  21 Arteries and veins
  22 Capillaries
  23 Functions of blood
  24 Blood cells
  25 Blood plasma
  26 The role of haemoglobin in the transport of oxygen
  27 The Bohr effect
  28 Myoglobin and fetal haemoglobin
  The immune system
  29 B-cells
  30 T-cells
  31 Active and passive immunity
  32 Health and disease
  Biological molecules
  33 Biological chemistry
  34 Water: chemical and physical properties
  35 Water: its role in living organisms
  36 Carbohydrates: monosaccharides and disaccharides
  37 Carbohydrates: polysaccharides
  38 Lipids
  39 Proteins: structure
  40 Proteins: functions
  41 Biochemical tests
  42 Chromatography
  Enzymes
  43 How do enzymes work?
  44 Factors affecting the activity of enzymes
  45 Enzyme inhibition
  46 Commercial uses of enzymes
  Cellular organisation
  47 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
  48 Cell membranes
  49 Structure and function of organelles I
  50 Structure and function of organelles II
  51 Analysis of cell structure
  52 Cell specialisation
  Movement into and out of cells
  53 Diffusion
  54 Facilitated diffusion
  55 Osmosis
  56 Active transport
  57 Endocytosis and exocytosis
  Cell division
  58 Chromosome structure
  59 The cell cycle
  60 Mitosis
  61 Meiosis
  DNA and the genetic code
  62 Nucleic acids
  63 The structure of DNA
  64 The replication of DNA
  65 Evidence for semi-conservative replication of DNA
  66 Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
  67 The genetic code
  68 Protein synthesis: transcription
  69 Protein synthesis: translation
  70 Gene expression
  Gene technology
  71 Terminology I
  72 Terminology II
  73 Isolating and transferring genes
  74 Making the product
  75 Commercial production of human insulin
  76 Applications: polymerase chain reaction
  77 Applications: genetic fingerprinting
  78 Electrophoresis
  79 Gene therapy
  80 Genetically engineered animals
  81 Genetic counselling
  Energy and the environment
  82 Ecological definitions I
  83 Ecological definitions II
  84 Ecological definitions III
  85 Energy transfer through ecosystems
  86 The water cycle and the carbon cycle
  87 The nitrogen cycle
  88 Types of environmental adaptations
  89 Examples of environmental adaptations
  90 Modes of nutrition I
  91 Modes of nutrition II
  92 Human influences on the environment I
  93 Human influences on the environment II
  Sexual reproduction
  94 Reproduction in flowering plants I
  95 Reproduction in flowering plants II
  96 Reproduction in flowering plants III
  97 Pollination
  98 Reproduction in humans: gametogenesis
  99 Reproduction in humans: the menstrual cycle and fertilisation
  100 Controlling reproduction