Nervous System
What 3 organ/parts does the nervous system consist of?
brain, spinal cord, nerves
heart beating
involuntary
vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch
Does this system have a slower or faster reaction time than the nervous system?
slower
What are the two systems present in the nervous system?
central nervous system and peripheral nervous
catching a ball
voluntary
What sense corresponds with the olfactory system?
smell
What does the endocrine system use to send messages to the body?
hormones
What are basic units of the nervous (or nerve cells) system called?
neurons
digesting food
involuntary
What is the path of information detected by the senses?
spinal cord --> brain
What links the endocrine system to the nervous system?
the hypothalamus
automatic movements in response to a signal
eating a pizza
voluntary
What sense corresponds with the auditory system?
hearing
Name 3 glands within the endocrine system.
parathyroid
pituitary
thyroid
adrenal
ovaries/testes
pancreas
Which part of the nervous system responds the fastest to a stimulus?
The spinal cord
blood flowing in through your body
involuntary
Which of the 5 senses responds to chemical signals?
taste (taste buds)
Which gland in the endocrine system controls/is important to human growth?
the pituitary gland