WACE Human Biology Year 12 Notes

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1. Endocrine glands, their hormones and target organs3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Endocrine system

2. Hypothalamus–pituitary control and hormone modes of action (lipid-soluble vs water-soluble, secondary messengers)3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Endocrine system

3. Divisions of the nervous system: central–peripheral, afferent–efferent, autonomic–somatic, sympathetic–parasympathetic3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Central and peripheral nervous system

4. The central nervous system: brain regions, spinal cord and their protection3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Central and peripheral nervous system

5. Receptors and the reflex arc3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Central and peripheral nervous system

6. Nerve impulse transmission: generation, propagation and the synapse3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Central and peripheral nervous system

7. Nervous versus endocrine control and the principles of homeostasis (feedback, tolerance limits)3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Homeostasis

8. Thermoregulation: physiological and behavioural mechanisms3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Homeostasis

9. Blood sugar regulation: pancreatic and adrenal hormones, and treating endocrine dysfunction3 · Homeostasis and disease

   Homeostasis

10. Body fluid regulation (ADH, aldosterone, thirst) and gas concentration control3 · Homeostasis and disease

    Homeostasis

11. Pathogens, transmission and the body's external defences3 · Homeostasis and disease

    Response to infection

12. Immune responses: inflammation and fever, B and T lymphocytes, active and passive immunity, vaccines, antibiotics and antivirals3 · Homeostasis and disease

    Response to infection

13. Mutations as the source of variation: causes, new alleles and differential survival4 · Human variation and evolution

    Mutations

14. Gene pools and allele frequency change: mutation, selection pressures, genetic drift and founder effect, gene flow4 · Human variation and evolution

    Gene pools

15. Natural selection, speciation and genetic disease in populations (sickle-cell anaemia)4 · Human variation and evolution

    Gene pools

16. Phylogenetic trees, comparative biochemistry and biotechnology (PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics)4 · Human variation and evolution

    Evidence for evolution

17. The fossil record and relative and absolute dating techniques4 · Human variation and evolution

    Evidence for evolution

18. Primates and the great apes: cerebral cortex, digits, locomotion, prognathism and dentition4 · Human variation and evolution

    Hominid evolutionary trends

19. Hominin fossils from Australopithecus afarensis to Homo sapiens4 · Human variation and evolution

    Hominid evolutionary trends

20. Tool cultures and the evolution of cognitive abilities and lifestyles4 · Human variation and evolution

    Hominid evolutionary trends