Unit 07 - Similarities

Question 1

Give some dissimilarities between endocrine and nervous system?

Answer 1

1. Slow response; fast response.
2. Response is diffused throughout the body; limited to a specific effector organ.
3. Chemical coordination occur; both chemical coordination and impulse transmission.
4. Signal molecules pass through blood; through nerves.
5. Result long term changes; short term.
6. Produce special chemical substance called hormones; neurotransmitters.

Question 2

Similarities between endocrine and nervous system.

Answer 2

1. Show response according to a stimulus.
2. Maintain homeostasis.
3. Has similar responding organs.
4. Both systems release regulatory molecules that control the body organs by first binding to receptor proteins in the cells of those organs.