2. Control and communication

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

brain, spinal cord

Question 2

Cerebrum

Answer 2

conscious thoughts, reasoning, memory, emotions

Question 3

Cerebellum

Answer 3

balance, movement

Question 4

medulla

Answer 4

heart rate, breathing rate

Question 5

sensory

Answer 5

passes information from the sensory

Question 6

Inter

Answer 6

found within the CNS, process the information and pass it from the sensory neuron and passes it to the motor neuron

Question 7

Motor

Answer 7

passes information from the CNS to enable a response to occur at the effector

Question 8

Synapse

Answer 8

gaps separate neurons called a synapse, chemicals diffuse across the synapse and trigger an electrical impulse in the next neuron in the circuit

Question 9

effector

Answer 9

body part that produces a response

Question 10

Hormones

Answer 10

chemical messengers which travel through the bloodstream, produced and released by endocrine glands

Question 11

Target cell

Answer 11

cells with complementary receptor proteins for specific hormones

Question 12

Increase in blood glucose

Answer 12

pancreas detects the change and releases more insulin
Liver changes glucose into glycogen

Question 13

Decrease in blood glucose