The Body Uses the Nervous and Endocrine Systems to Regulate

question 9

Multiple Choice

The body uses the nervous and endocrine systems to regulate homeostatic changes, but the endocrine is much slower. This occurs because

• A) hormones travel via neurons, which only go to a few places in the body
• B) hormones travel via blood, and it takes longer for the blood to reach all the cells of the body
• C) hormones travel via the lungs, so they can only reach the body during inspiration
• D) hormones travel as electrical signals and they disappear quickly, so not all signals reach the organs

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