DP Biology (first assessment 2025)
Question 19M.2.HL.TZ2.b
Date | May 2019 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 3] | Reference code | 19M.2.HL.TZ2.b |
Level | HL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ2 |
Command term | Describe | Question number | b | Adapted from | N/A |
b.
[Maximum mark: 3]
19M.2.HL.TZ2.b
Describe how the structure of cardiac muscle cells allows them to carry out their function.
[3]
Markscheme
Not necessary to present answer in a table.
Award [1] for each set of corresponding structure and function.
Examiners report
Many could provide a correct description including many elements, but many discussed the structure of the heart as a whole, rather than the cellular structure of cardiac muscle cells or discussed at length the myogenic nature of cardiac tissue.

