Theme 12- evolution and function of the nervous and neuroendocrine systems

Question 1

what is the most basic nervous system?

Answer 1

nerve net - two nets of neurons connect to eachother

Question 2

What is an echinoderm?

Answer 2

nerve ring with radial nerves that go to arms (starfish)

Question 3

what is ganglia?

Answer 3

basic functioning structure (motor outputs and integration)

made of cell bodies and dendrites in bundles

Question 4

what does the size of the cerebrum and surface area increase with?

Answer 4

more complex nervous systems

Question 5

Which part of the brain relays sensory information to different parts of the brain and receives infut?

a) hypothalamus
b) Thalamus
c) pituitary

Answer 5

thalamus

Question 6

What do the hypothalamus and pituitary glands do together?

Answer 6

connect the nervous and endocrine systems

Question 7

The endocrine system has ductless glands, what do they secrete(2)?

Answer 7

chemical and hormone secreting signals

Question 8

What is not an endocrine gland?

a) hypothalamus
b) pituitary
c) pineal
d) thalamus

Answer 8

thalamus

Question 9

What are glycoproteins?

Answer 9

thyroid stimulating hoemones

Question 10

what are 6 hpothalamic hormones that regulates the pituitary gland?

Answer 10

corticotropin
growth hormone releasing hormone
growth hormone inhibiting hormone
gonadotropin
thyrotropin
dopamine

Question 11

what are 2 pituitary hormones that are secreted?

Answer 11

oxitocin

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