The Role of Gibberellin in Germination of Barley Gibberellins?are a type of plant growth regulator involved in controlling?seed germination?and?stem elongation When a barley seed is shed from the p...
The Role of Auxin in Elongation Growth Plant?hormones?(also known as?plant growth regulators) are responsible for most communication within plants Auxins?are a type of plant growth regulator that i...
Electrical Communication in the Venus Flytrap Plants possess?communication systems?that enable them to coordinate the different parts of their bodies The Venus flytrap is a?carnivorous plant?that g...
Sliding Filament Model of Muscular Contraction Structure of thick & thin filaments in a myofibril The?thick filaments?within a myofibril are made up of?myosin molecules These are?fibrous protei...
Ultrastructure of Striated Muscle Striated muscle?makes up the muscles in the body that are attached to the skeleton Striated muscle is made up of?muscle fibres A muscle fibre is a?highly specialis...
Stimulating Contraction in Striated Muscle Striated muscle?contracts?when it receives an?impulse?from a?motor neurone?via the?neuromuscular junction When an impulse travelling along the axon of a m...
Cholinergic Synapses Where two neurones meet, they do not actually come into physical contact with each other – a very small gap, known as the?synaptic cleft, separates them The ends of the two neu...
The Refractory Period Very shortly (about 1 ms)?after an action potential?has been generated in a section of the axon membrane, all the?sodium ion voltage-gated channel proteins in this section?clo...
Speed of Conduction of Impulses The?speed of conduction?of an impulse refers to?how quickly the impulse is transmitted?along a neurone It is determined by two main factors: the?presence or absence ...
