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Contents 1 January 2002 1.1 Topics Covered 1.2 Big Question 2 June 2002 2.1 Topics Covered 2.2 Big Question 3 January 2003 3.1 Topics Covered 3.2 Big Question 4 June 2003 4.1 Topics Covered 4.2 Big Question 5 January 2004 5.1 Topics Covered 5.2 Big Question 6 June 2004 6.1 Topics Covered 6.2 Big Question 7 January 2005 7.1 Topics Covered 7.2 Big Question 8 June 2005 8.1 Topics Covered 8.2 Big Question 9 January 2006 9.1 Topics Covered 9.2 Big Question 10 Specimen 10.1 Topics Covered 10.2 Big Question 11 Common topics and themes 12 Comments

January 2002

Topics Covered

• Liver
• Brain, Alzheimer’s
• Pancreas – digestion
• Eye, autonomic NS in control of pupil size
• Joints – function of parts
• Behaviour

Big Question

• Alzheimer’s – causes and symptoms.
• Role of autonomic NS in control of pupil size.
• (Function of parts of joints – 8 marks but not QWC.)

June 2002

Topics Covered

• Eye
• Digestive adaptations – teeth, ruminants
• Behaviour – reflex actions
• Brain – autonomic NS
• Liver, alcohol effects
• Muscles
• Bone, cartilage, osteoporosis

Big Question

• Digestive system of named ruminant.
• Effects of alcohol on liver.

January 2003

Topics Covered

• Digestion
• Eye
• Bones, lever action of arm
• Behaviour, Pavlov, nervous/hormonal control of digestive secretions
• Liver
• Brain (Alzheimer’s)

Big Question

• Behaviour – Pavlov.
• Generation of ATP from stored fat during starvation.

June 2003

Topics Covered

• Liver, plasma proteins
• Ear
• Nervous system
• Bones – vertebrae structure
• Muscles, structure
• Sympathetic NS
• Behaviour, operant conditioning
• Digestion

Big Question

• Ear – detection of sound waves in cochlea, generation of nerve impulses.
• Contraction of muscle.

January 2004

Topics Covered

• Nervous system
• Liver
• Eye
• Teeth, digestion
• Behaviour
• Muscle
• Bone/cartilage/osteoporosis

Big Question

• Effects of liver damage on metabolism of carbs and protein.
• Structure of epithelial cell in relation to different mechanism of absorption of digestive products (diagram given).

June 2004

Topics Covered

• Brain, Alzheimer’s
• Digestion, ruminants
• Liver
• Eye
• Reflex arc, behaviour
• Muscle

Big Question

• Alzheimer’s – data provided, describe results and explain treatment from data.
• Contraction of muscle – nervous impulse

January 2005

Topics Covered

• Bones, teeth
• Reflexes, behaviour
• Digestion (fill in the gaps!)
• Eye
• Liver
• Brain, Alzheimer’s

Big Question

• Behaviour, operant conditioning

June 2005

Topics Covered

• Brain
• Digestion
• Bones, structure of vertebrae
• Liver
• Autonomic NS
• Reflex arc
• Muscle contraction
• Ear

Big Question

• Differences in causes of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
• Muscle contraction.

January 2006

Topics Covered

• Liver, alcohol
• Behaviour, reflex arc
• Brain, Alzheimer’s
• Muscle contraction, synapse
• Eye, ciliary muscles
• Digestion

Big Question

• Muscle contraction – why are mitochondria essential for transmission of impulse across cleft and muscular contraction.
• Adaptation of named ruminant to gain sufficient amino acids.

Specimen

Topics Covered

• Digestion
• Brain – functions of parts and Alzheimer’s
• Ear
• Liver
• Eye
• Reflex arc
• Effects of ageing on locomotory system

Big Question

• Absorption of products of digestion.
• Role of liver in control of blood glucose.

Common topics and themes

• Alzheimer’s popular topic with brain.
• Liver comes up in some form every time.
• Eye more popular than ear.
• Often some sort of question on behaviour / reflex arc.
• Digestion usually comes up, enzymes, teeth.

Comments

These notes were originally written by beebee23 in this post on TSR Forums.