3.1 respiration
What is the word equation for aerobic respiration?
glucose + oxygen --> carbon dioxide + water + energy
When you breathe in, is your diapragm contracted or relaxed?
Contracted
How much blood is there inside a human body?
Around 5 litres
Valve
What was the first animal to be cloned?
A sheep
What is an oxygen debt?
The amount of oxygen required to remove the lactic acid, and replace the body's reserves of oxygen.
In plants, what structure allows air to enter the leaves?
Stomata
What is the function of white blood cells?
Kill pathogens (bacteria) trough phagocytosis
What is the name of the only artery that is low in oxygen saturation?
Pulmonary artery
What is the function of the appendix?
Breeding ground for healthy gut bacteria (as long as it is not disturbed)
Why is the mitochondria the powerhouse of the cell?
Respiration takes place in the mitochondria, because it contains the enzymes needed for the process
why would an asthma attack make it difficult to breathe
Bronchial tubes become swollen an inflamed --> makes the tubes narrow
What part of the red blood cell binds oxygen?
Haemoglobin
What blood vessels takes blood back to the heart?
Veins
After which gaming character did Robert Riddle name a new protein he discovered?
Sonic the hedgehog
The hedgehog gene (hh) was first identified in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in the classic Heidelberg screens of Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus, as published in 1980. Two of these genes, desert hedgehog and Indian hedgehog, were named for species of hedgehogs, while sonic hedgehog was named after the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog.
What causes cramps during/after excercise?
lactic acid
Explain the process of diffusion in the alveoli
Diffusion = molecules going from a high concentration to a low concentration.
Alveoli = low Co2, high O2
Blood capillary = High Co2, low O2
Where are red blood cells made?
In the bone marrow
What is it called, when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked by a blood clot?
A stroke
One of the senses you have, besides hearing-seeing- touching-tasting and smelling, is Proprioception. What do you sense with it?
Your body’s ability to sense its location, movements, and actions.
What is ATP short for?
Adenosine triphosphate
What is the name for studying lung diseases?
pulmonology
What molecules are transported in blood plasma?
Nutrients (like glucose),
Which ventrical wall is the thickest and why?
Left, because it has to pump blood to the whole body
What animal are , according to biology memes, the ultimate life form after evolution?
Crabs
The joke—that everything will eventually look like a crab—comes from an actual truth. The crab shape has evolved so many times that scientists had to come up with a special term for it: carcinization.