Exam 2: The Nervous, Endocrine and Immune Systems and Principle of Homeostasis

The pituitary (anterior and posterior lobes), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal (cortex and medulla), pancreas and gonads are examples of what?

Autoimmunity results from a ______ IS attacking normal tissues as if they were foreign organisms.

Endocrine glands release hormones as a response to which stimuli?

Which secosteroid hormone is metabolised in the liver and kidney and normally arises in the skin from sunlight or comes from food such as oily fish or from supplements?

______can be viewed as a form of anticipatory homeostasis.

The ______ includes the thymus, spleen, tonsils, bone marrow, circulatory system and lymphatic system. These different parts of the body work together to produce, store and transport specific types of cells and substances to combat health threats.

Antibodies are made by which cells?

The continuous interactions among the nervous, endocrine and immune systems was named ______.

______ is the organism's apparatus for responding to the external environment. It sends information to the brain from the body's various sensory detectors.