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Suggested answers to Exercise and Reading to

learn
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Ch 16 Coordination in humans
Exercise
Multiple-choice questions (p. 16-29)
1 A 2 A 3 D
4 A 5 C 6 B

Short questions (p. 16-30)

7 a Cerebral hemisphere / cerebrum / cerebral cortex / left hemisphere 1m
b i 1 SSA helps select or identify correct words from past experience or memory
/ understand the language / process written words. 1m
2 It sends nerve impulses to muscles of the mouth and face to form words.
1m
3 It receives impulses from the eyes / optic nerve 1m
and passes impulse to visual association area. 1m
ii B Speech association area A 1m

8 Endocrine glands produce hormones which diffuse directly into the blood. 1m
Exocrine glands release their secretions through ducts. 1m
For example, salivary glands secrete saliva through salivary ducts into the mouth 1m
while pancreas secretes insulin directly into the blood. 1m

Structured questions (p. 16-30)

9 HKCEE Biology 2006 I Q3

10 HKCEE Biology 2004 I Q2c

11 HKCEE Human Biology 2004 I Q2c

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Essays (p. 16-31)

12 Nerve impulses are electrical messages transmitted along nerve fibres at high speed. 1m
When a nerve impulse arrives the ending of an axon, it stimulates the ending to release
neurotransmitters. 1m
The neurotransmitters diffuse across the synapse 1m
and stimulate the dendron of the next neurone to generate a nerve impulse to continue the
transmission. 1m
Importance:
This ensures nerve impulses travel in one direction only. 1m
Most neurones have more than one synapse, so neurones can communicate with many other
neurones. 1m
Complex network of neurones enables nervous system to achieve coordination that
involves many receptors and effectors. 1m
Communication 1m

13 HKALE Biology 2004 II Q5a

Reading to learn (p. 16-32)

1 The cerebral cortex lacks receptors that detect pain. 1m
No nerve impulses can be generated to give the sensation of pain. 1m

2 Doctors stimulate specific areas in the cerebral cortex 1m

and observe the effects of the stimulation on the patient. 1m

3 Left cerebral hemisphere 1m

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