Endocrine and Nervous System

Question 1

What is the endocrine system

Answer 1

Glands which release chemicals directly into the bloodstream

Question 2

What are the glands in the endocrine system

Answer 2

Pituitary gland
Parathyroid
Thyroid
Adrenal gland
Pancreas
Ovary 
Testes

Question 3

What does the endocrine system consist of

Answer 3

Glands and hormones

Question 4

What are hormones

Answer 4

Chemicals that travel through the bloodstream and affect the activities if cells in other parts of the body.

Question 5

How do hormones travel

Answer 5

Through the bloodstream

Question 6

What does the thyroid do

Answer 6

Regulates the bodies metabolism.

Question 7

What does the pituitary gland do?

Answer 7

Regulates many body functions. Releases oxytocin and controls growth and development.

Question 8

What does the adrenal gland do?

Answer 8

Releases adrenaline that helps us prepare for stress. Fight or flight. Regulates kidney function.

Question 9

What do ovaries do?

Answer 9

Secrete oestrogen and progesterone.

Question 10

What do testes do?

Answer 10

Secrete testosterone which gives masculine characteristics.

Question 11

What does the thymus do?

Answer 11

Secretes thyroxine and produces white blood cells

Question 12

What does the pancreas do?

Answer 12

Produces insulin which helps to keep the level of glucose in the blood stable.

Question 13

What does the parathyroid do?

Answer 13

Produces parathormone.

Question 14

What is a reflex?

Answer 14

Involuntary response that is processed in the spinal cord not the brain.

Question 15

What is the name given to a message that travels around the body in a nerve

Answer 15

Impulse

Question 16

What are some examples of a reflex

Answer 16

Blink reflex, when something is coming towards you and you blink.
Sneeze reflex
Withdraw reflex- Bicep contraction when touching something hot.

Question 17

What is the difference between a reflex action and a conditioned response?

Answer 17

A conditioned response is when the nerves reach the brain whereas a reflex is when the action is only processed by the spine.

Question 18

What is the order of transmission in the nervous system

Answer 18

Receptor 
sensory neuron
interneuron
motor neuron
effecter

Question 19

What organs are in the CNS

Answer 19

Brain

Spine

Question 20

What is the peripheral nervous system

Answer 20

Nerves in other parts of your body

Question 21

What does the cerebrum do?

Answer 21

Voluntary or conscious activities. E.g Learning, judgement

Question 22

What does the cerebellum do?

Answer 22

Co-ordinates and balances the actions of muscles.

Question 23

What lobes are there?

Answer 23

Frontal
Occipital
Temporal
Parietal

Question 24

What does the frontal lobe do?

Answer 24

Decision making, emotions and personality

Question 25

What does the occpital lobe do?

Answer 25

processes visual info

Question 26

what does the temporal lobe do?

Answer 26

Sound, speech and visual memory

Question 27

What does the parietal lobe do?

Answer 27

Co-ordinates sensory info, shape and number recognition

Question 28

What is homoeostasis?

Answer 28

Keeping a constant environment inside the body.

Question 29

What is feedback?

Answer 29

The modification or control of a process or system by its effects.

Question 30

What is negative feedback?

Answer 30

A process in which many of the bodies functions are kept at the right level

Question 31

What is disease?

Answer 31

A pathological disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant,

Question 32

What is a pathogen?

Answer 32

A disease causing organism. E.g bacteria

Question 33

What are 3 types of diseases?

Answer 33

Environmental
Genetic
Infections

Question 34

What causes an environmental disease?

Answer 34

A factor during your lifetime. E,g Smoking, drinking

Question 35

What causes a genetic disease?

Answer 35

A faulty gene

Question 36

What causes an infectious disease?

Answer 36

A pathogen