Lesson 5 Review: Nervous and Endocrine

Front

The body's central command organ

Back

brain

Front

Connected to the brain and allows it to communicate with the rest of the body.

Back

spinal cord

Front

A cell that moves messages in the form of fast-moving electrical energy.

Back

neuron

Front

A short-branched extension of the cell body where impulses are received and brought to the cell body.

Back

dendrite

Front

Extension of the neuron cell body where impulses are carried away from the cell.

Back

axon

Front

Chemical messenger made in one cell or tissue that causes a change in a different part of the body.

Back

hormone

Front

Group of cells that make special chemicals (hormones) for your body.

Back

Gland

Front

Type of feedback where higher levels of a hormone turn off the production of that hormone

Back

Negative

Front

Type of feedback where higher levels of a hormone turn on the production for more of that hormone

Back

Positive

Front

What are the two parts of the central nervous system?

Back

Brain and spinal cord