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Topic 9: Transport in Animals

4 subtopics · The double circulation, the heart, the three vessels, and what blood is made of

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9.1
Circulatory Systems — A Pump, Some Tubes and a Lot of Valves
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One-way flow, monitoring the heart, exercise, and coronary heart disease
9.2
The Heart — Two Pumps in One Box
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Chambers, septum, valves, single vs double circulation, and why the left ventricle is thicker
9.3
Blood Vessels — Three Tubes, Three Jobs
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Arteries, veins and capillaries, and the named vessels of heart, lungs, kidney and liver
9.4
Blood — Four Components and the Jobs They Do
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Red cells, white cells, platelets and plasma, plus clotting from fibrinogen to fibrin
9.5
Exam Technique & the Vocabulary That Scores
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Oxygenated not “pure”, and the left-on-the-right diagram trap
📝 Topic 9 Challenge Exams
3 × Paper 2 (MCQ) · 3 × Paper 4 (Theory) · all Challenge level
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