Quelpr
4 marksThe Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems

CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2014 · Paper 2 · Question 2(d)

After sitting on a stool for several hours, Robert notices his lower limbs feel very heavy, but walking around relieves this sensation. Explain the association of tissue fluid and lymph with Robert's symptoms.

The mark scheme is shown once you've answered.

Practise this question

Other parts of this question

  1. 2(a)(i)Name the structures labelled A and B in Figure 3.[2 marks]
  2. 2(a)(ii)State ONE function of EACH of the structures labelled A and B.[2 marks]
  3. 2(b)During blood clotting, fibrinogen is converted to fibrin. State which of these two proteins is soluble and which is insoluble.[2 marks]
  4. 2(c)Complete the drawing of the artery in Figure 5 to show the effects of nicotine on the artery, and annotate your drawing to explain how nicotine affects the…[5 marks]

More practice: the rest of this paper · more The Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems questions · all CSEC Human and Social Biology past papers