The Nervous and Endocrine System Exam Style Questions

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Identify two divisions of the human nervous system (2 marks)
The peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system
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Outline the function of the peripheral nervous system (2 marks)
Sends information to the central nervous system from the outside world and transmits messages from the CNS to muscles and glands in the body
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Distinguish between the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system (3 marks)
The SNS controls muscle movement and receives information from sensory receptors. The ANS governs vital functions in the body such as breathing, heart rate and stress responses. The ANS operates involuntarily
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Outline the role of adrenaline in the fight or flight response (2 marks)
Adrenaline is released as part of the body's immediate stress response system (fight or flight). It stimulates the heart to beat faster and dilates air passages so you're ready to flee from the stressor, or fight it
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Define what is meant by the endocrine system (2 marks)
One of the body's major information systems that instructs glands to release hormones directly into the blood stream., which are then carried to target organs in the body
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Define the term 'gland.' Give one example (2 marks)
An organ in the body that synthesises substances such as hormones, for example, the pituitary gland in the brain
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Define the term 'hormone.' Give one example (2 marks)
Chemical substances that circulate in the bloodstream and only affect target organs, for example, adrenaline
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Outline one difference between the nervous system and the endocrine system (2 marks)
The endocrine system controls vital functions in the body, but the nervous system responds to information in the environment and is like our primary internal communication system
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Outline the function of the peripheral nervous system (2 marks)

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Sends information to the central nervous system from the outside world and transmits messages from the CNS to muscles and glands in the body

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Distinguish between the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system (3 marks)

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Outline the role of adrenaline in the fight or flight response (2 marks)

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Define what is meant by the endocrine system (2 marks)

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