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What is Homeostasis?
Maintaining a stable internal environment
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How is body temperature reduced?
Vasodilation, sweating,
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What are hormones?
Chemical messangers that travel in the blood to activate target cells
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What are the names of the chemicals found at the synapse?
Neurotransmiters
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Give two differences between neurones and hormones?
Neurones have chemical message hormones act in a general way
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Name 5 sense organs?
Eyes, ears, nose, skin, tongue
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What CNS mean?
Central nervous system
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What is a reflex action for?
To protect us
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What happens when blood glucose level is too high?
Insulin added turns glucose into glycogen
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What is type 1 diabetes?
when the pancreas produces little or no insulin
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How is body temperature reduced?

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What are hormones?

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What are the names of the chemicals found at the synapse?

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