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Which system in the body coordinates activities that require duration rather than speed?
Which system in the body coordinates activities that require duration rather than speed?
- Neither the nervous nor endocrine systems
- Endocrine system (correct)
- Both the nervous and endocrine systems
- Nervous system
What is the main function of the sensory division of the nervous system?
What is the main function of the sensory division of the nervous system?
- To coordinate activities that require duration rather than speed
- To integrate information in the CNS
- To control muscle contraction
- To receive and transmit sensory information (correct)
At which level does the integration of information occur in the central nervous system?
At which level does the integration of information occur in the central nervous system?
- Neither the spinal cord nor lower brain level
- Lower brain level
- Both the spinal cord and lower brain level (correct)
- Spinal cord
How do both the nervous and endocrine systems affect their target cells?
How do both the nervous and endocrine systems affect their target cells?
What is the main function of the motor division of the nervous system?
What is the main function of the motor division of the nervous system?
True or false: There are two control systems in the body that coordinate activities, namely the nervous system and the endocrine system?
True or false: There are two control systems in the body that coordinate activities, namely the nervous system and the endocrine system?
True or false: The nervous system coordinates rapid activities such as muscle contraction?
True or false: The nervous system coordinates rapid activities such as muscle contraction?
True or false: The endocrine system coordinates activities that require duration rather than speed, such as body growth?
True or false: The endocrine system coordinates activities that require duration rather than speed, such as body growth?
True or false: Both the nervous and endocrine systems affect their target cells by releasing chemical messengers?
True or false: Both the nervous and endocrine systems affect their target cells by releasing chemical messengers?
True or false: The nervous system can control endocrine secretion, as seen in the case of hypothalamic control to pituitary secretion?
True or false: The nervous system can control endocrine secretion, as seen in the case of hypothalamic control to pituitary secretion?
