SYSTEM FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ORGANS INTERACTION WITH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Skeletal System
- Bones provide calcium that is essential for the proper functioning of the nervous system.
- The skull protects the brain from injury.
- The vertebrae protect the spinal cord from injury.
- Sensory receptors in joints between bones send signals about body position to the brain.
- The brain regulates the position of bones by controlling muscles.
- Endothelial cells maintain the blood-brain barrier.
- Baroreceptors send information to the brain about blood pressure.
- Cerebrospinal fluid drains into the venous blood supply.
- The brain regulates heart rate and blood pressure.
- Receptors in muscles provide the brain with information about body position and movement.
- The brain controls the contraction of skeletal muscle.
- The nervous system regulates the speed at which food moves through the digestive tract.
- Hormones provide feedback to the brain to affect neural processing.
- Reproductive hormones affect the development of the nervous system.
- The hypothalamus controls the pituitary gland and other endocrine glands.
- The brain can stimulate defense mechanisms against infection.
- The brain monitors respiratory volume and blood gas levels.
- The brain regulates respiratory rate.
- Digestive processes provide the building blocks for some neurotransmitters.
- The autonomic nervous system controls the tone of the digestive tract.
- The brain controls drinking and feeding behavior.
- The brain controls muscles for eating and elimination.
- The digestive system sends sensory information to the brain.
- Reproductive hormones affect brain development and sexual behavior.
- The brain controls mating behavior.
- The bladder sends sensory information to the brain.
- The brain controls urination.
- Receptors in skin send sensory information to the brain.
- The autonomic nervous system regulates peripheral blood flow and sweat glands.
- Nerves control muscles connected to hair follicles.
How the endocrine and nervous system work together?
The endocrine and nervous systems communicate with each other through the hypothalamus, which controls basic drives such as hunger and thirst. The hypothalamus also regulates the pituitary gland, which governs the release of hormones by the body's other glands.
How does the endocrine system transmit information and interact with the nervous system?
The speedier nervous system zips messages from eyes to brain to hand in a fraction of a second. Endocrine messages trudge along in the bloodstream, taking several seconds or more to travel from the gland to the target tissue. The nervous system transmits information to specific receptor sites with text-message speed.