Endocrine, Excretory, and Nervous Systems

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

What are nerve cells called?

• Nervons

• Neurons

• Morons

• Brainons

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

The peripheral nervous system includes

• Heart and Lungs

• Brain and Stomach

• Brain and Spinal Cord

• Nerve cells not in the brain or spinal cord

Your brain is connected to your body by your

• Vertebrae

• Spinal Cord

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

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

Chemicals released by the endocrine system are called

• Impulses

• Hormones

• Glands

• Endocrones

Groups of cells that release hormones are called

• Organs

• Tissues

• Glands

• Organ Systems

How do your nervous and muscular systems interact?

• The brain sends messages telling muscles to contract

• Your skull protects your brain

• They don't interact

• The brain supplies oxygen to muscle cells

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