Circulatory, Nervous and Endocrine

What is the job of your nervous system?

• Control the body using electrical signals

• Break down food

• Get rid of waste

• Send messages using chemical signals

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The central nervous system includes your

• Heart and Lungs

• Brain and Stomach

• Brain and Spinal Cord

• Nerve cells not in the brain or spinal cord

What is the job of your endocrine system?

• To control the body using electrical signals

• To bring oxygen into the body

• To pump blood from the heart

• To send chemical messages called hormones

Groups of cells that release hormones are called

• Organs

• Tissues

• Glands

• Organ Systems

How do hormones get to different parts of your body?

• They float through air

• They don't travel to different parts of your body

• They travel in your blood.

• They are carried by nerve cells

Which body system takes hormones around your body?

• Digestive

• Muscular

• Circulatory

• Respiratory

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Which of the following describes the relationship between sensory neurons and motor neurons?

• Motor neurons bring a stimulus input to the brain and sensory neurons carry a movement output. 
• Sensory neurons tell motor neurons what to do.
• Sensory neurons bring a stimulius input to the spinal cord or brain and the brain or spinal cord sends a motor neuron  response.
• Sensory neurons do more than motor neurons

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What is the main function of the endocrine system?

• It creates chemicals, or hormones, that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It creates electrical messages that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It maintains the correct level of oxygen in the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It releases waste from the body to maintain homeostasis.

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___ is a group of organs and tissues that act as transfer stations carrying needed materials to cells and removing their waste products.

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

• nervous system

Insulin is released by the

• Heart

• Liver

• Gall Bladder

• Pancreas