Homeostasis and Response

1) What is Homeostasis ?

2) What is the Nervous System ?
The nervous system is the body's control and communication network.
It allows you to think, feel, move, react, and process information from the world around you.

3) What are the main components in the Nervous System ?
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Brain -
Spinal Cord -
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Sensory Neurons -
Motor Neurons -

4) What is the Endocrine System ?
This is made up of glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood stream.

5) What are the main components in the Endocrine System ?
Pituitary Gland -
Thyroid Gland -
Pancreas -
Adrenal Gland -
Testis / Ovary -

6) What is Diabetes ?
There are two types:
Type 1 Diabetes -
Type 2 Diabetes -

7) What is the Reproductive System ?
Most organisms have different male and female parts.

8) Can you name parts of the male reproductive system ?
sperm duct, penis, testes, scrotum, foreskin, urethra

9) Can you name parts of the female reproductive system ?
fallopian tube, uterus, ovary, vagina

10) Can you describe the Menstrual Cycle ?
This is called menstration and lasts for about 28 days.
On days 1-5 if pregnancy has not occurred the uterus lining breaks down, tissue and blood are lost and is replaced with new tissue.
Fertilisation can only occur around day 14 when an egg is released from the ovary.

11) Can you describe Gestation ?
This is the name used to describe when an embryo is developing in the womb.
The baby receives food and oxygen from the blood through the placenta and umbilical cord.
In humans, gestation lasts 9 months.

12) What is the Urinary System ?
The urinary system is the body system that removes waste, controls water balance, and filters the blood to keep you healthy.
It's sometimes called the excretory system.

13) Can you describe the four different components ?
Kidneys - filter the blood and make urine.
Ureters - tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
Bladder - stores urine.
Urethra - the tube that carries urine out of the body.

14) What is Fertilisation ?
This is the joining of the male and female sex cells.