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