The Nervous System
What does the nervous system consist of? 2
What’s the purpose of the nervous system?
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
What is the central nervous system?
What is the axon? Dendron?
What is the myelin sheath? Schwann cells?
What are the Nodes of Ranvier?
What is saltatory conduction?
What is the purpose of the myelin sheath?
What is a stimulus?
What do receptors do?
What is an effector?
Name 3 types of effector?
What is the general pathway?
What is the reflex arc?
What is the purpose of the reflex action?
Shape of nerve cells?
Endocrine System
Similarities and differences between endocrine system and nervous system
What secretes hormones?
Where is the pituitary gland?
Why is the pituitary gland called the master gland?
Where is the pancreas?
Where are the ovary/testes?
Where is the adrenal gland?
Where is the thyroid?
What is type 1 diabetes? High or low blood glucose levels? Treatment?
What is type 2 diabetes? Risk factor? Treatment?
What organ monitors blood glucose levels?
What does it secrete when they are too high?
What happens to excess glucose? Where?
what organ secretes insulin and glucagon?
What is the difference between insulin and glucagon?
What is glucose stored as in the liver and muscle cells?
What is glucose stored as in other parts of the body?
What is a negative feedback mechanism?
What is homeostasis?
What 3 things do all control centres have?
Examples of homeostasis? (3)
Why is homeostasis needed?
What does insulin do?
What does glucagon do?
What is glucose?
What is glycogen?
What does secondary sex characteristic mean?
What is the main female reproductive hormone?
What does the nervous system consist of? 2
What’s the purpose of the nervous system?
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
What is the central nervous system?
What is the axon? Dendron?
What is the myelin sheath? Schwann cells?
What are the Nodes of Ranvier?
What is saltatory conduction?
What is the purpose of the myelin sheath?
What is a stimulus?
What do receptors do?
What is an effector?
Name 3 types of effector?
What is the general pathway?
What is the reflex arc?
What is the purpose of the reflex action?
Shape of nerve cells?
Endocrine System
Similarities and differences between endocrine system and nervous system
What secretes hormones?
Where is the pituitary gland?
Why is the pituitary gland called the master gland?
Where is the pancreas?
Where are the ovary/testes?
Where is the adrenal gland?
Where is the thyroid?
What is type 1 diabetes? High or low blood glucose levels? Treatment?
What is type 2 diabetes? Risk factor? Treatment?
What organ monitors blood glucose levels?
What does it secrete when they are too high?
What happens to excess glucose? Where?
what organ secretes insulin and glucagon?
What is the difference between insulin and glucagon?
What is glucose stored as in the liver and muscle cells?
What is glucose stored as in other parts of the body?
What is a negative feedback mechanism?
What is homeostasis?
What 3 things do all control centres have?
Examples of homeostasis? (3)
Why is homeostasis needed?
What does insulin do?
What does glucagon do?
What is glucose?
What is glycogen?
What does secondary sex characteristic mean?
What is the main female reproductive hormone?
