OCR Biology F214 Communication, Homeostasis and Energy Wed 25 Jan 2012

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oh and also, any links for the june 2011 past paper and marks scheme :smile:

thanks

I attached the pastpapers on the other other thread:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=35444858#post35444858

Reply 61

sumsum123

Original post by glitterphobia

Glad you like my YouTube channel! :smile:

I'm making a new one too, along with my website with extra notes on it:
http://www.youtube.com/user/OCRBiologyA2
http://learn123.co.nr

, you are AWESOME!!!!!!!! Ach, I am watching them now sooo usefull! Thank you!!

Reply 62

sumsum123

Original post by undertaker1

I have attached the OCR F214 June 2011 Paper+mark scheme :smile:

Ah man , thank you!! I was looking for that everywhere :biggrin:

Reply 63

Princess Kawaii

How is everyone revising or preparing for the "suggest" questions?

There's so many of them in this paper...and about topics I don't know much about. What can I do?

Reply 64

pinkprincess123

Original post by montoya93

if you find a way, could you do me a massive favour and put up a download link to the part where it explains the wording of exam questions please? :smile:

yeah sure, if i can get my hands on a windows PC somewhere :tongue:

Reply 65

Princess Kawaii

Can someone explain in simple bullet points/terms what the function of the adrenal glands are please? :smile:

Reply 66

undertaker1

Original post by Princess Kawaii

Can someone explain in simple bullet points/terms what the function of the adrenal glands are please? :smile:

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there are two adrenal glands in our body's, both above each of the kidneys

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the middle of the adrenal gland is called the Adrenal Medulla. The cells in the medulla are responsible for releases the hormome Adrenaline.

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you should learn the effects of adrenaline on the body

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The Adrenal Cortex produces steroid(lipid) hormones. don't forget the steroid hormones can enter cells directly

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the steroid hormones produced such as mineralcorticoids help control the concentration of Na and K ions in the blood

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Glucocorticoids help control metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins in the liver

basically the adrenal glands are just another set of endocrine glands as they secrete the hormone directly into the blood.

Reply 67

Tatty123

Hey, I hate this module atm simply as i can't remember all of the content. But could anyone perhaps tell me expected questions that are likely to pop up so i can restrict my revision a little bit.

Thank Youu! :smile:

Reply 68

Straight up G

Okay, so for this exam, do we need to know the structure of the liver? As detailed fairly heavily in the official textbook? Looking at the specification I found this;

'describe, with the aid of diagrams and
photographs, the histology and gross
structure of the liver'

Does this mean we need to know about these sinusoids and canaculi etc? I was never taught all this so just wondering.

Reply 69

Princess Kawaii

Original post by Straight up G

Yep you do...so you need to learn:
- structure of the liver
- what its made up of, the cells, three blood vessels and bile canaliculi, sinusoids etc
- the internal structure of the liver . e.g the lobules
- Role of the main structures in the liver tissue : Bile canaliculi, Kupffer cells, Central Vein, Hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery and Sinusoids

Hope that helped you :smile:

Reply 70

Princess Kawaii

How is everyone revising or preparing for the "suggest" questions? :smile:

Reply 71

glitterphobia

Original post by sumsum123

, you are AWESOME!!!!!!!! Ach, I am watching them now sooo usefull! Thank you!!

You're welcome! They're helping me too so i'm glad you like them :smile:

http://learn123.co.nr

Reply 72

glitterphobia

Hi,
I know the feeling with not understanding things and how irritating it can get when it won't stick in your head. Doesn't help that there's hardly any sites for OCR Biology either, so I've made one that has a load of notes and videos and helpful advice on if it helps?
http://learn123.co.nr

Also, I really recommend looking at the video library I've made/YouTube, I found that seeing what's happening in a more realistic way helped a lot more than reading about it.

Original post by Tatty123

Reply 73

sumsum123

Original post by glitterphobia

You're welcome! They're helping me too so i'm glad you like them :smile:

http://learn123.co.nr

They defo are! Awesome change from making notes/reading. And did you make that websit , I have been using that for like a week now!! It is ahmazingg ! :biggrin:

Reply 74

jmillslittle

In questions where the number of required answers is not specified, are we allowed to give as many responses as we want?

Also, if any of the responses are wrong, does it matter, so long as one of them is right?

I always end up writing too much irrelevant information (as well as relevant) in an answer. Wondering if i'll get penalised for this?

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 75

undertaker1

Original post by jmillslittle

i dont think ocr use the method of negative marking so you might be able to. i think the answers listed will have to sensible i.e you cant write down- no atp is produced and then write down ATP is produced because you cant remember which is which.

other than that try and give as much as a detailed answer as possible.