Topic 1-How Does Our Body Communicate With Us?

Question 1

Describe the structure and function of the nervous system

Answer 1

Structure: made up of the brain and spinal cord, CNS information decides how the body should respond
Function: nerves that are in the body,PNS caries messages to and from the CNS to the rest of the body

Question 2

Explain how the nervous system helps maintain homeostasis

Answer 2

The nervous system helps maintain homeostasis by detecting changes and responses to keep the body’s internal environment stable.

Question 3

Define stimulus and response

Answer 3

stimulus: A stimulus is something that causes a living thing to respond or react
response: A response is a reaction to a stimulus

Question 4

Outline the stimulus-response pathway

Answer 4

a stimulus response works through pathways for example detection, process and response

Question 5

what is the stimulus response detection.

Answer 5

Eyes,Ears,Skin etc detect changes like temperature, light, sound and anything in the environment

Question 6

what is stimulus response processing

Answer 6

sensory signals are sent to the brain by nerves. the brain converts the signals and decides on the response.

Question 7

what is stimulus response

Answer 7

the brain sends signals through the nerves to other parts of the body so they can take action