The Nervous & Endocrine Systems

The nervous and ________systems control the ____ of the body's activities.

• respiratory
  receptor molecules
• endocrine
  coordination
• endocrine
  neurotransmitter
• spinal cord
  dendrites

The brain and the ___________ make up the nervous system.

• axon
• endocrine
• insulin
• impulses

The nervous system uses both chemicals and electrical ________ to send messages along nerves

• impulses
• dendrites
• endocrines
• insulin

The _________ is the structure in a neuron that contains the nucleus

• hormones
• axon
• dendrites
• cell body

The endocrine system relies on the _________ of the circulatory system to deliver its' message to target cells in the body

• insulin
• axon
• blood
• terminal branches

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The __________ has specific receptors on its membrane to receive a chemical message to respond to blood sugar levels that are too high or too low.

• hormones
• cell body
• pancreas
• neurons

These are the end structures of the neurons that will release neurotransmitters to the adjacent neuron and keep the message moving along.

• pancreas
• terminal branches
• dendrites
• impulses
  

Diabetes is due to a malfunction of this organ

• heart
• liver
• pancreas
• kidney

These structures receive the neurotransmitters from the previous neuron and send the message to the nucleus for processing.

• dendrites
• neurons
• muscles
• axon
  coordination

Parkinson's disease is due to a deterioration of these in the human body

• endocrine
• hormones
• dendrites
• neurons