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Nervous, Endocrine, and Excretory System
Question | Answer |
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What is the spinal cord? | Made of neurons and axons that carry information to and from the brain. |
What is the cerebellum? | Processes sensory information + balance. |
What is the medulla? | Controls involuntary processes. |
What does the peripheral nervous system contain? | Everything in the nervous system besides the brain and spinal cord. |
What does the central nervous system contain? | The brain and spinal cord. |
What is the cerebrum? | Allows you to think + controls voluntary processes. Memory, reasoning, and personality. |
What part of the brain has two hemispheres? | The cerebrum. |
What does the right side of the body control? | The left side. |
The types of neurons: | Sensory, moter, and interneuron. |
The stages of a reflex arc: | Reception--transmission--interpretation--transmission--response |
Main parts of a neuron: | Axon, cell body, and dendrites. |
How does an impulse change into a chemical message? | It goes through the synapse. |
What controls CNS and hormones? | Thyroid glands. |
What helps your body respond to danger? | Adrenal glands. |
What produces hormones needed for reproduction in males? | Testes. |
What secretes hormones that affect other glands and organs? | Pituitary glands. |
What produces hormones needed for reproduction in females? | Ovaries. |
What regulates blood-glucose levels? | The pancreas. |
What regulates the immune system? | The thymus. |
What regulates calcium levels in blood? | Parathyroid glands. |
What is the removal processes of wastes from the body? | Excretion. |
What is the main organ of the urinary system? | The kidneys. |
What is the main unit in the kidney that filters blood? | Nephrons. |
What is the liquid created by the filtration of blood through the kidneys? | Urine. |
What is a chemical that comes from the breakdown of proteins? | Urea. |
What are the wastes our body excretes besides urine? | Urea, uric acid, creatine, ammonia, and excess salts. |
What are other organs involved in the excretory system? | The lungs, skin, and liver. |