1. Nervous System Excretory System Endocrine
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Nervous System
Excretory System
Endocrine

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5. Nervous System
Endocrine System
Stimulus & Response
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6. Brain and Spinal Cord

7. What are the parts of the Central Nervous System?

8. System of nerves responsible for relaying messages throughout the body

9. What is the peripheral nervous system?

10. The nervous system responsible for involuntary functions like digesting food, heart beating.

11. What is Autonomic Nervous System?

12. Largest part of the brain responsible for learning, memory and reasoning.

13. What is the cerebrum?

14. Part of the brain that controls heart rate and breathing.

15. What is the medulla?

16. Organs that secrete chemical messengers.

17. What are glands?

18. Chemical messengers produced by glands.

19. What are hormones?

20. The master gland, responsible for growth and controlling other glands.

21. What is the pituitary?

22. To keep conditions constant or stable inside the body.

23. What is homeostasis?

24. Secretes epinephrine to give our body extra energy during scary or stressful times.

25. What are the adrenal glands?

26. A reaction to a stimulus.

27. What is a response?

28. Anything an organ can sense that may cause a reaction.

29. What is a stimulus?

30. Shivering to stay warm. Sweating to cool off
Shivering to stay warm. Sweating to cool off. Running a fever to fight off an infection.

31. What are examples of homeostasis?

32. The response that prepares an animal in the event of danger.

33. What is Fight or Flight?

34. Secreting insulin to regulate blood sugar levels
Secreting insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Secreting melatonin as a sleep aid.

35. What are internal responses?

36. Cold weather. Rain. Spider crawling on your arm.

37. What are external stimuli?

38. The part of the brain necessary to be a tightrope walker.

39. What is the cerebellum?

40. A liquid waste that is excreted by the skin.

41. What is sweat?

42. Smallest part of the Nervous System (nerve cells).

43. What are neurons?

44. Lungs Kidneys Skin

45. What are organs that excrete wastes?

46. This is a bean shaped organ that removes many harmful substances from the blood.

47. What are kidneys?

48. Microscopic filters within the kidney that filter out harmful substances from the blood.

49. What are nephrons?

50. A baglike organ that stores urine until it can be eliminated through the urethra.

51. What is the bladder?

52. 1. 2. 3.

53. What are: Kidney Ureter bladder?

54. The waste removed by the respiratory system.

55. What is CO2?