Nervous
The area in the back of the eye with no light receptors.
What is the blind spot?
This hormone is responsible for fight or flight syndrome.
What is the adrenal gland?
The flow of stomach acid from the stomach into the esophagus. Can be caused by overeating or drinking excess caffeine.
What is heartburn?
This structure helps you see.
What is the eye?
The main function of this system in to break down food and absorb nutriens into the body.
What is the digestive system?
The pancreas releases these 2 hormones to bring the body back to homeostasis.
What are glucagon and insulin?
The two categories of the nervous system.
What are PNS and CNS?
The is final process in the digestive system.
What is elimination?
This organ uses teeth and saliva in order to begin digestion by starting to break down food.
What is the mouth?
This body systems main function is to send signals to and from other parts of the body.
What is the nervous system?
What are hormones?
Made up of bundles of axons, the long arm of neurons.
What are nerves?
The four main functions performed in digestion.
What are Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination.
The organ that receives and sends signals to and from all parts of the body.
What is the brain?
The body system that utilizes hormones to control bodily functions, such as energy production and growth.
What is the endocrine system?
This gland produces melatonin.
What in the pineal gland?
The space between neurons.
What is the synapse?
This enzyme breaks down amino acids during chemical digestion.
What is pepsin?
The hallow muscular tube that connects your throat to your stomach.
What is the esophagus?
In the endocrine system once homeostasis is achieved this is the state of the brain stopping production of that hormone.
What is the negative feedback system?
The process of hormones moving through the blood stream from gland to gland.
What is facilitated diffusion?
This structure is made up of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar sections.
What is the spinal cord?
The contraction of smooth muscles in the esophagus in order to push food down.
What is peristilis?
These 3 organs in the digestive system do not have food pass through them.
What are the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas?
The part of the endocrine system that regulates other glands and maintains homeostasis
What is the Hypothalamus?