Biology-B5-The Nervous System

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What is homeostasis?
the regulation of internal conditions of a cell or organism to maintain optimum conditions in response to internal and external change
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How many parts is the nervous system made up of?
two
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What are they?
brain and spinal cord

all other neurones running to and from
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What is the brain and spinal cord also known as?
CNS
Central Nervous System
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All automatic control systems have what 5 things?
stimulus
receptor
co-ordination centre
effector
response
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Firstly the receptor will what?
detect a stimulus
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The receptor will then send what?
electrical impulses
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Down what?
sensory neurones
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To where?
the CNS
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The co-ordination centre will do what?
process and receive the information
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It will then send?
electrical impulses
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Down what?
motor neurones
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To the?
effector
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Whereby what will be carried out?
a response
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What is an effector usually (2)?
muscle that contracts
gland that secretes a hormone
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Sensory neurones send impulses from where to where?
receptor to CNS
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Motor neurones send impulses from where to where?
CNS to effector
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