is the control centre of the body. It is the most important organ and has three parts: cerebellum, cerebrum, brain stem
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is made up of your brain and spinal cord. Your brain is your body's control center, overseeing all the functions of the body by sending and receiving messages. It receives messages from your body and the world around you and then figures out how to react to the information
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they are branched structures. With tis structures neurons receive information from the sense organs or from other neurons
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it is made up of glands that make hormones. Hormones are the body's chemical messengers. They carry information and instructions from one set of cells to another
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They happen automatically, without a conscious order from the brain. EG: take your hand away quickly from something that is very hot
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they make chemicals called hormones which they release into the blood. There are four main ones.
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the ability to hear through our ears. We can detect sounds and their properties, and where these sounds come from.
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everything that we have inside of us, for example, our blood, kidenies, and digestive system.
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The area where two bones are attached for the purpose of permitting body parts to move.
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A usually rigid supportive or protective structure or framework of an organism
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It´s formed by the muscles and the bones. In an adult person there are about 200 bones and 650 muscles.
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Is an organ made out of tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power.
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They are a type of cell with a complex shape. They have three parts: body, dendrytes and axon.
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Endocrine glands that produce sex hormones and determine feminine sexual characteristics.
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This system is formed by the nerves found in every part of the body. There are two types of nerves: sensory and motor nerves.
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Part of the brain that controls our voluntary actions and our emotions, and stores memory.
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It helps us respond to the changes in the external environment.
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It produces hormones like thyroxine that helps us make full use of nutrients.
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changes that occur in the external environment. Through them we respond to sensitivity
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They are those that we choose to make consciously. EG: open a door when you have to get into a shop
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It transmits information to other neurons and sends others to organs. Axons run besides other axons to form nerves
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It is found in the brain. It produces hormones that direct the activity of other in the endocrine glands. it also produces the hormones that controls growth
