AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Your sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, and nerves in skin) gather stimuli about what is happening inside and outside of your body, the brain receives the stimuli to direct your body how to respond. What system is this?
A
endocrine system
B
skeletal system
C
muscular system
D
nervous system
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Afferent or sensory neurons collect stimuli received by receptors throughout the body, including the skin, eyes, ears, nose, tongue as well as pain and other receptors in the internal organs. Sensory information is transmitted to the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensory receptors send nerve impulses to sensory nerves, which carry the nerve impulses to the central nervous system. The brain then interprets the nerve impulses to form a response.

Detailed explanation-3: -The temporal lobe controls our ability to smell and hear. The parietal lobe controls taste and touch. Lastly, the occipital lobe controls vision. Furthermore, sensory signals from all the senses aside from smell are coordinated in the thalamus part of the brain.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the inner part of the forebrain sits the thalamus, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland : The thalamus carries messages from the sensory organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and fingers to the cortex.

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