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What are the advantages of having an internal skeleton?
Describe a hinge joint
What is your final height determined by?
Why has life expectancy increased?
State some problems of increased life expectancy
Describe a gliding joint
What is a synovial joint?
What are antagonistic pairs?
Which part of the body can be
mechanically replaced?
Why is a baby’s length and mass
monitored?
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using mechanical replacements over transplants
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of replacing
joints
What are the two main
types of bone fracture?
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Describe the contribution of Harvey and
Galen to our understanding of the heart
Compare double and single circulatory systems
Identify the key structures of
the heart and their role in the
cardiac cycle
B5 (i)
The Living Body
Describe the stages of the
cardiac cycle.
What are some of the ethical issues with transplant?
What is agglutination?
What is rejection?
Draw a table to show the differences in
blood group
What controls a heartbeat?
What is sickle cell Anemia?
What is special about blood group
O?
How is blood group determined?
Describe the problem of an Rh+ mother giving birth to an additional Rh- baby