plumiThe pancreas: OCR A‑Level Biology A questions
OCR A-Level Biology A past-paper questions on 5.1.4.2 The pancreas, 2016–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 4 questions on The pancreas, as a list
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q5(b) (3 marks): Insulin is secreted from cells in the pancreas. This is a photomicrograph of pancreatic tissue. C B A Identify the structures labelled A, B and C. A B C [3]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q17(a) (2 marks): Fig. 17, in the insert, shows a light micrograph of a section of mouse pancreas. Identify the structures labelled K and L in Fig. 17. K L [2]
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q8 (1 mark): Banting and Best pioneered experiments into the functions of the pancreas. In one experiment, they removed the pancreas of dogs. Shortly afterwards, the dogs de
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q23(a) (3 marks): A student looked at slides of different tissues under a light microscope. The four viewed images are labelled W, X, Y and Z in Fig. 23.1, on the insert. Identif
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