Chapter 3 Part III Vocabulary

a division of the peripheral nervous system containing sensory and motor nerves

• somatic nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous system

the automatic control system of the body; regulates breathing, heart rate, digestion, and so on

• central nervous system

• somatic nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

a division of the autonomic nervous system that energizes and prepares for emergencies

• parasympathetic nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• central nervous system

a division of the autonomic nervous system that conserves bodily activity; works in opposition to the sympathetic system to calm us down

• peripheral nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

• central nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous system

chemical regulators that control bodily processes such as emotional responses, growth, and sexuality

• endocrine system

• glands

• hormones

• pituitary gland

units of the body that contain the hormones

• endocrine system

• glands

• thyroid

• metabolism

system that includes all the glands and their chemical messages taken together

• sympathetic nervous system

• central nervous system

• endocrine system

• somatic nervous system

the master gland that controls other glands and hormones, as well as producing its own hormone that regulates growth

• thyroid

• glands

• adrenal glands

• pituitary gland

the hormone that regulates the growth process; it is controlled by the pituitary gland

• growth hormone

• metabolism

• gonads

• adrenaline

the gland that controls and regulates the speed of bodily processes, called metabolism

• pituitary gland

• adrenal gland

• growth hormone

• thyroid gland