A Level Advancing Biology for OCR Student Book (OCR B)
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English
ISBN
9780198378556
Front Cover
Title Page
AS/A Level course structure
Contents
How to use this book
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MODULE 1 Development of practical skills in biology
1 CELLS AND MICROSCOPY
1.1 Microscopy – the light microscope
1.2 Microscopy – the electron microscope
1.3 Differential staining and blood smears
1.4 Cells of the blood
1.5 Counting cells
1.6 Cell ultrastructure
1.7 Interrelationship of organelles
1.8 Measuring cells and organelles
1.9 Cell membranes
1.10 Passive movement acrosscell membranes
1.11 Active movement acrosscell membranes
Practice questions
2 THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER
2.1 The properties of water
2.2 Mammalian and plant biofluids
2.3 Carbohydrates in cellsand biofluids
2.4 Detecting and measuring carbohydrates
2.5 Detecting and measuring proteins
2.6 Osmosis in cells
Practice questions
3 PROTEINS AND ENZYMES
3.1 Amino acids – the building blocks of proteins
3.2 Separation and identification of amino acids
3.3 Protein structure – haemoglobin
3.4 The structure of enzymes
3.5 Factors affecting enzymecontrolled reactions
3.6 Blood clotting and enzymes
3.7 Preventing blood loss
3.8 Enzymes in medicine
3.9 Blood donation
Practice questions
4 NUCLEIC ACIDS
4.1 Nucleotides and nucleic acids
4.2 Polynucleotides – DNA
4.3 Semi-conservative DNA replication
4.4 The genetic code
4.5 Polynucleotides – RNA
4.6 Protein synthesis – transcription
4.7 Protein synthesis – translation
Practice questions
5 THE HEART AND MONITORING HEART FUNCTION
5.1 The heart
5.2 The cardiac cycle
5.3 Monitoring the heart
5.4 Using and interpreting an electrocardiogram
Practice questions
6 TRANSPORT SYSTEMS INMAMMALS AND PLANTS
6.1 The transport system inmammals
6.2 Blood pressure and tissue fluid
6.3 Structure of vascular tissue in plants
6.4 Transport of water in plants
6.5 Factors affecting transpiration
6.6 Translocation
Practice questions
7 MAMMALIAN GAS EXCHANGE
7.1 The mammalian gas exchange system
7.2 Pulmonary ventilation
Practice questions
8 THE DEVELOPING CELL
8.1 The cell cycle and mitosis
8.2 Mitosis
8.3 Apoptosis
8.4 Stem cells
Practice questions
9 MEIOSIS, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT
9.1 Meiosis
9.2 Pregnancy and fetal development
9.3 Monitoring fetal development
Practice questions
10 EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
10.1 Classification
10.2 Phylogeny
10.3 Adaptation
10.4 Adaptations in plants
10.5 Evolution
10.6 Biodiversity
Practice questions
11 DISEASES
11.1 Communicable diseases
11.2 Identifying and culturing bacteria
11.3 Epidemiology
Practice questions
12 IMMUNITY
12.1 The immune system
12.2 Antibodies and immunity
Practice questions
13 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
13.1 Controlling communicable diseases
13.2 Problems developing vaccines
13.3 Antibiotics
Practice questions
14 NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
14.1 Non-communicable diseases
14.2 Epidemiological evidence and cancer
14.3 Cancer
14.4 Detecting cancer
14.5 Screening for cancer
14.6 Genetic tests for cancer
14.7 Treating cancer
Practice questions
15 RESPIRATORY DISEASES
15.1 Pollutants and lung disease
15.2 Medicinal drugs and clinical trials
Practice questions
16 CELLULAR RESPIRATION
16.1 Glycolysis
16.2 The link reaction and the Krebs cycle
16.3 Oxidative phosphorylation and the electron transport chain
16.4 Anaerobic respiration
16.5 Alternative respiratory substrates
Practice questions
17 METABOLISM AND EXERCISE
17.1 The consequences of exercise on the body
17.2 Aerobic fitness
17.3 Oxygen deficit and oxygen debt
17.4 Enhancing athletic performance
17.5 Respiratory pigments and oxygen transport
17.6 Skeletal muscle structure
17.7 Sliding filament theory –muscle contraction
Practice questions
18 FERTILITY AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
18.1 Human reproductive systems
18.2 Gametogenesis
18.3 The menstrual cycle
18.4 Fertility
Practice questions
19 THE EFFECTS OF AGEING ONTHE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
19.1 Effects of ageing on the female reproductive system
19.2 Managing the effectsof ageing on the female reproductive system
19.3 Effects of ageing on the male urinogenital system
Practice questions
20 PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
20.1 Chloroplasts
20.2 Photosynthesis – the light dependent stage
20.3 Photosynthesis – the light independent stage
20.4 The products of photosynthesis
20.5 Factors affecting photosynthesis
20.6 The nitrogen cycle
20.7 Food chains
20.8 Farms as ecosystems
20.9 Land management
Practice questions
21 THE IMPACT OF POPULATION INCREASE
21.1 Human population growth and ecosystems
21.2 Biodiversity and food security
Practice questions
22 PLANT REPRODUCTION
22.1 Plant reproduction –flowering and pollination
22.2 Plant reproduction – seed formation and germination
Practice questions
23 PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
23.1 Monogenic inheritance
23.2 Gene mutations
23.3 Codominance
23.4 Genetic linkage
23.5 Investigating patterns of inheritance
23.6 Chromosome mutations
Practice questions
24 POPULATION GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS
24.1 Factors affecting allele frequencies
24.2 Analysis of allele frequencies
24.3 Speciation
24.4 Epigenetics
Practice questions
25 GENE TECHNOLOGIES
25.1 DNA amplification – PCR
25.2 DNA analysis
25.3 Genetic engineering –bacterial cells
25.4 Genetic engineering –eukaryotic cells
25.5 RNA manipulation
25.6 Gene therapy
Practice questions
26 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
26.1 Nervous control
26.2 Establishment and transmission of nerve impulses
26.3 Brain and spinal cord damage
Practice questions
27 MONITORING VISUALFUNCTION
27.1 The structure of the eye
27.2 The structure and function of the retina
27.3 Assessment of receptor activity
Practice questions
28 THE EFFECT OF AGEING ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
28.1 Alzheimer’s disease
28.2 Effects of ageing on the nervous system
Practice questions
29 THE PRINCIPLES AND IMPORTANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS
29.1 Homeostasis – the key principles
29.2 Regulation of body temperature and metabolic rate
29.3 Regulation of heart rate
Practice questions
30 BLOOD GLUCOSE AND DIABETES
30.1 The pancreas
30.2 Diabetes
30.3 Treating and managing diabetes
Practice questions
31 KIDNEY FUNCTIONS ANDMALFUNCTIONS
31.1 Kidney structure and excretory function
31.2 Kidney functions – osmoregulation and endocrine roles
31.3 Kidney failure and its treatments
Practice questions
AS Breadth of knowledge questions
AS Depth of knowledge questions
A level Paper 1 practice questions
A level Paper 2 practice questions
A level Paper 3 practice questions
Glossary
Answers
Index
Appendix
Back Cover
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