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1. What are the jobs of the digestive and urinary systems?

2. How do the digestive and urinary systems work together?

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Nervous System – the body system responsible for helping your body respond to stimuli and react accordingly

Nervous system

Brain: Control center Spinal cord: The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves

and carries messages to and from the brain. Nerves: collection of nerve-cell extensions bundled

together with blood vessels and connective tissue. A neuron is a special cell that moves messages in

the form of fast-moving electrical energy. These messages are called impulses.

Parts of the nervous system

Endocrine System – the body system responsible for using glands and hormones to regulate the body

Hormone – a chemical that is made in one organ and travels through the blood to another organ

Endocrine system

How do hormones work?• Hormones are produced by endocrine glands or

tissues and travel through the bloodstream.

• A gland is a group of cells that make special chemicals in your body.

• Hormones only affect specific target cells that have a specific receptor to that hormone.

What glands make up the endocrine system?• The pituitary gland secretes hormones that control

other glands.

• The hypothalamus controls the release of hormones from the pituitary gland.

• The pineal gland makes hormones that control sleep, aging, reproduction, and body temperature.

What glands make up the endocrine system?• The thyroid gland controls metabolism.

• The parathyroid gland controls calcium in the blood.

• Reproductive hormones control reproduction.

• The pancreas regulates blood-sugar levels.

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