Nervous and Endocrine System

The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

The nervous system is composed of the ___, ___, and ___.

• heart, brain, kidneys
• lungs, liver, stomach
• brain, spinal cord, nerves
• eyes, pancreas, veins

Which part of the neuron is a long fiber that send information to other cells?

• dendrite
• terminal
• cell body
• axon

Which part of a neuron RECIEVES information?

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminal

What two things are found in the central nervous system?

• brain/spinal cord
• spinal cord/motor neurons
• motor/sensory neurons
• only brain

The spaces between the covered parts of an axon are called:  

• synaptic clefts
• nodes of Ranvier
• Ventricles
• Vesicles

This is the gap or space between two neurons

• Dendrites
• Cell Body
• Synapse
• Axon

Produces hormones that control growth and development

• Muscular System

• Integumentary System

• Skeletal System

• Endocrine System

Why is the pituitary the "master gland"?

• Its hormones affect other glands.
• Its hormones can replicate the actions of other hormones.
• All hormones start as immature pituitary hormones.
• Its hormones control reproduction.

Which of the following glands produces estrogen?

• Pineal
• Pituitary
• Ovary
• Adrenal