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What number represents when the sodium channel opens and sodium rushes in?
2
What number represents when the potassium channel opens and potassium rushes out?
3
What sends the visual signal to the brain?
Auditory Nerve
Occipital Nerve
Optic Nerve
Motor Neurons
What part of the brain processes visual input?
Frontal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Where is the cervical region?
The head
The thighs
The groin
The neck
Where is the thyroid gland?
The abdomen
The head
The neck
The chest
What endocrine organ releases TSH?
pancreas
hypothalamus
thyroid
pituitary
What does the pancreas release when blood sugar is high?
insulin
What does the pancreas release when blood sugar is low?
glucagon
insulin
glycogen
glucose
What does the pituitary release that targets the testes and ovaries?
GH and ACTH
FSH and LH
TSH and TRH
T3 and T4
Why might someone with a pituitary disorder continue to grow?
Pituitary releases too little insulin
Pituitary releases too much LH
Pituitary releases too much GH
Pituitary releases too much insulin
How does the endocrine system communicate?
With hormones released into the bloodstream
With action potentials
With neurotransmitters released into the bloodstream
With hormones released into ducts
How does the nervous system communicate?
Action potentials
Receptors and target organs
Hormones
What releases TRH?
thyroid
adrenal glands
hypothalamus
pituitary
What releases TSH?
thyroid
hypothalamus
adrenal glands
pituitary
What is the target organ for TRH?
pituitary
hypothalamus
adrenal glands
thyroid
