the body’s main information center where information is received and processed

Neurons that are attached to the spine, information branches out from here to the rest of the body

responsible for communication and control of your body

What are the main parts of the brain

Controls our senses

Controls our gross motor skills (balance and coordination)

Connected to our spin and control our organs

What is one of the most important subsystems in the body, controls body functions, and helps maintain homeostasis by using hormones

A chemical messenger that is made in one cell or tissue that causes a change in another cell or tissue in a different part of the body.

A group of cells that make special chemicals for your body

The effects of a hormone in the body and it uses the release of that hormone to be turned down (hormone levels are kept from rising to high)

The effects of a hormone stimulate and the release of more of the hormone ( the levels of hormone)

What is the role of the nervous system in the body?

Zeke saw a pen that he dropped on the floor. He bent down and picked up the pen. His brain had to receive information from the eyes. Then it sent signals to his muscles so he could pick up the pen. What type of neurons sent impulses to his muscles?

What is an endocrine system disorder that could cause blood glucose levels to be higher that levels at all times?

Mae puts her new winter scarf. Signals are sent to her brain telling her that the scarf is soft. What sense provides her brain with this information?

The body must maintain a relatively stable amount of sugar in the blood to work properly. How would the endocrine system respond after a person digests a piece of fruit?

Where is Calcium reabsorbed from, when overall Ca2+ levels are low in the blood

What chemical can assist the Thyroid in turning T3 into T4

Which part of the adrenal glands are connected to the nervous system?

Comparing the processes of the nervous system to the endocrine system. The nervous system is...