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Define a hormone. |
A chemical substance, produced by a gland, carried by the blood, which alters the activity of one or more specific target organs |
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Where are hormones destroyed? |
Liver |
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What is the changes that organism detect called? |
Stimuli |
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Give three examples of stimuli. |
Taste, light, temperature, pressure, sound, touch |
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What are cells that detect stimuli called? |
Recepters |
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What is a group of receptor cells detecting a stimulus called? |
Sensory organs and tissue |
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What is the part of the organisms that produces responses called? |
Effectors |
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What do effectors include? |
Muscles and glands |
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What is the receptors for the stimulus of a nice/awful smell? |
Chemo and olfactory receptors |
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What is the receptor for the stimulus of a nice/awful taste? |
Chemoreceptor |
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What is the receptor for the stimulus of loud music? |
Mechanoreceptor |
