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Handwritten Notes detailing all the necessary A* content for Coordination in OCR A-Level Biology.

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chemoreceptors Detect chemical change :
ie .
PH
↳ Carotid and medulla
the aorta ,
artery
in

Baro receptors Detect blood pressure
changes in
:




↳ in the aorta and carotid
artery
Parasympathetic neurones :
Secrete acetylcholine
s binds to SAN to reduce impulses sent to

the heart heat rate decreases
Secrete noradrenaline binds to SAN
Sympathetic to
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neurones :
increase impulses sent to

the heart sheart rate increases

Cardiac Muscle
faintly striated involuntary contract at an intermediate speed myogenic
:

, , ,



Joined
by intercalated disks sallow electrical transmission
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fibers are mi-nucleated

Involuntary Non-stricted contract/fatigue
involuntary no regular arrangement
muscle :

, , , slow to

Fibers are
spindle shaped
·

uni-nucleated
Neurogenic ,




stricted Stricted
voluntary regularly arranged contract/fatigue
Skeletal muscle
:

, , , quick to

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Fibers are tubular and multinucleated


Skeletal muscles formed from bundles of fibers membrace
·


are Muscle in a Sarcolemma

formed from individual
fusing together
a
muscle ceus
very strong
·




·
Parts of the Sarcolemma fold inwards (transverse tubules) to
spread electrical imprises
·



Sarcoplasm contains lots of mitochondria and sarcoplasmic refictum and calcium ions
energy
Myofibrils Long cylindrical organelles made of protein filaments
:




·

Actin :
Thin filament -> two twisted strands

Tropomyosin protein blocks actin-myosin binding sites
Troponin proteins bond to actin tropomyosin and calcium ions
·

,




myosin This filament long rod-shaped fibers
:




↳ have bind and A TP
hinged globular heads to to actin
↳ Can move backwards and forwards

light bands Areas where actin and myosin do not overlap (I-bands)
:




Dark bands :
Areas where actin and myosin overlap (A-bands)
H-zone :




lighter area within the dau band as
only myosin is present
z-line line between
light bands/individual sarcomeres
:
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