Nervous and Endocrine Systems

Keywords:

  1. Nervous system: structure and function
    1. Organization of the vertebrate nervous system
    2. Sensor and effector neurons
    3. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

  2. Sensory reception and processing
    1. Skin, proprioceptive, and somatic sensors
    2. Olfaction, taste
    3. Hearing
      1. Ear structure
      2. Mechanism of hearing
    4. Vision
      1. Eye structure
      2. Light receptors

  3. Endocrine systems: hormones and their sources
    1. Function of endocrine system
    2. Major endocrine glands, their hormones, specificity, and target tissues
    3. Cellular mechanisms of hormone action
    4. Transport of hormones