The Nervous System

question 72

Multiple Choice

The nervous system

• A) is ideal for crisis management.
• B) communicates mainly by the release of hormones.
• C) has effects that are very long-lived.
• D) is regulated mainly by positive feedback.
• E) does not rely on the binding of receptors to target cells.

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Definitions:

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