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Biology · Topic 36

Animal circulatory system: heart and blood

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The heart: structure and function

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The heart: structure and function

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Blood vessels in humans: arteries, veins and their functions

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Circulatory system physiology: blood flow, pressure and regulation

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Number of heart chambers across groups of organisms

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Number of heart chambers across groups of organisms

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Hematopoietic stem cells as the source of red and white blood cells

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Afterload: the resistance the heart overcomes to pump blood

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Systole: the contraction phase of the cardiac cycle

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Homeostasis: stable blood salt concentration despite varying dietary intake

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Interstitial (tissue) fluid: the fluid bathing body cells other than blood cells

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Heart structure: septum preventing mixing of blood

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Blood composition: serum versus plasma

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Fish heart structure: the sinus venosus

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Distinguishing blood plasma from serum

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Distinguishing blood plasma from serum

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Blood groups and the absence of red cell surface antigens

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Rh-null blood as the blood type lacking all antigens

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How specific structures of the human heart contribute to the heartbeat

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How specific structures of the human heart contribute to the heartbeat

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Which blood components exhibit amoeboid movement (true/false)

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Components of the human cardiovascular system: heart, blood vessels and blood

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The red color of blood: oxidation state of iron in hemoglobin

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Why some water molecules cannot move freely across the plasma membrane

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Oxygen delivery to muscle via red blood cells and the circulatory system

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Sequence of cardiac valve events during heart contraction

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Left ventricle has the thickest wall, pumping blood to the whole body

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Blood from the jejunum and ileum drains via the hepatic portal vein

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Blood passes into the right ventricle after crossing the tricuspid valve

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