Nervous and Endocrine System: Functions, Neurons, Hormones, and Homeostasis

Task 2

Table of Content.
REPORT A......................................................................................................................................3
Nervous system made up off........................................................................................................3
Diagram of the nerve cell.............................................................................................................3
Functions of the nerve cell...........................................................................................................4
Types of neurons..........................................................................................................................4
Define nerve conduction..............................................................................................................5
REPORT B.......................................................................................................................................6
Define hormones..........................................................................................................................6
Outline the structure and function of endocrine system..............................................................6
Give example of hormone and describe its mechanism of action...............................................7
REPORT C.......................................................................................................................................8
Compare and contrast of endocrine and nervous system in maintaining homeostatis in the
human body, using specific examples.........................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

REPORT A
Nervous system made up off
The nervous system is generally the command system of the human body. It is generally
originating from the brain, and can control various movements, the autonomic responses,
thoughts to the world around a person. The nervous system can also control the other body
processes and systems like breathing, digestion as well as sexual development. The human
nervous system generally involve the two main parts such as the central nervous system and the
peripheral nervous system (What are the parts of the nervous system?, 2018).
Central Nervous System: The system is generally made up of spinal cord and brain.
Peripheral Nervous System: The nervous system is mainly made up of nerves that branch off
from the spinal cord and can extend to all the part of the human body.
The system can transmit the signals within human brain as well as rest of the human body,
consisting internal organs as well.

Diagram of the nerve cell
Functions of the nerve cell
There are various functions of the nerve cell and some of them are listed below:
 The main function of the nerve cell is to efficiently produce message signals to the
human brain as well as can also take away the message signals from the brain back to the
receptor organs.
 It is generally specialized to carry out the signals while the endocrine system can give
chemical integration via the hormones (Haroutounian et. al., 2021).
 The nerves can help in carrying the stimulus to the human brain as well as the spinal cord
by the sensory neurons and then convey the response towards the effector organs by the
motor neurons (Dodla et. al., 2019).
Types of neurons
There are basically four types of neurons and are as detailed below: