It works with the nervous system to coordinate and regulate the body.
What is the Endocrine System?
They are the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.
What are the three main regions of the brain?
The body system responsible for controlling and coordinating all of the activities of the body.
What is the nervous system?
Messages that travel from the spinal cord and brain to the body.
What are motor impulses?
Located above each kidney, they control the stress response.
What are the adrenal glands?
Part of the brain, controls the Endocrine System.
What is the hypothalamus?
It contains the Cerebrum, the Thalamus, and the Hypothalamus.
What is the forebrain?
These are the two major divisions of the nervous system.
What are the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system?
It's made up of nerves that connect to skeletal muscles to sensory receptors.
What is the somatic nervous system?
Both the endocrine and nervous systems maintain balance by achieving this.
What is homeostasis?
An organ or group of cells that secret hormones into the blood stream.
What is a gland?
What is the cerebrum?
The peripheral nervous system is composed of these two parts.
What are the Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System?
It controls bodily functions that do not require thought.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Released by the Pituitary Gland, this hormone influences muscle growth, bone formation, and immune functioning
What is Growth Hormone (GH)?
A chemical substance produced and released by the glands.
What is a hormone?
Known as the "seat of complex thought."
What is the the Cerebrum?
Cordlike bundles of neuron fibers.
What are nerves?
It arouses the body and expends energy.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The part of the brain that connects the endocrine and the nervous systems and allows them to communicate with each other.
What is the Hypothalamus?
The "master gland" of the Endocrine System.
What is the pituitary gland?
Just like the album by Rush, it's divided into hemispheres.
What is the brain?
Messages that travel from the internal and external environment to the brain.
What are sensory impulses?
It calms the body and conserves energy.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
Known as a major stress hormone, it's released by the Adrenal Glands.
What is Cortisal?