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Book SynopsisDeveloped specifically to assist teachers and students to meet the requirements of the new CCEA GCE Life and Health Sciences A2 course. First resource to cover this new subject. Covers both the Single and Double Award courses. Contains numerous diagrams, exam tips, worked examples and questions, with answers supplied. Book contents covers the units of the specification subject to external written examination (Units A2 2, A2 3, A2 4 and A2 5). Authors Nora Henry and James Napier have written numerous books and will be well-known to teachers in Northern Ireland.
Table of ContentsUnit A2 2: Organic Chemistry
1 Nomenclature and Structure in Organic Compounds
2 Alkanes
3 Alkenes
4 Polymers
5 Alcohols
6 Spectroscopic Techniques
7 Making and Purifying Organic Compounds – the Preparation of Aspirin
Unit A2 3: Medical Physics
8 Physiological Measurements to Monitor Health
9 Diagnostic Imaging Techniques
10 Medical Uses of Radiation
Unit A2 4: Sound and Light
11 Waves
12 The Ear and Hearing
13 Light in Communication and Radio Waves
14 The Eye
Unit A2 5: Genetics, Gene Technology and Stem Cells
15 DNA and the Genetic Code
16 Meiosis and Genetics
17 The Application of Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy
18 Gene Cloning, Genetic Fingerprinting and Stem Cell Technology
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