How does nervous and endocrine systems work together to control the heart rate?
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What would happen if one of the systems failed to work?
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Well, your body receives stimuli through its various senses of sight, sound, touch, smell and taste which will send messages through the nervous system to a specific area of the brain called the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus itself is next to another structure within your brain called the pituitary gland. The hypothalamus receives these messages from the nervous system and a corresponding hormone response is produced in the pituitary gland. This is the central bridging point between the nervous system and endocrine system. Anyway, once a hormonal response is produced by the pituitary gland, the hormones will travel in the blood stream to their target organs or glands which elicit another response. And if one system was to fail then their would be no response in the endocrine system, the results of which could be life threatening.
Overall, the key idea is the junction between the nervous system and the endocrine system – the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland in the brain.
The nervous system tells glands in the endocrine system to release hormones such as adrenaline, and these hormones can increase or decrease the heart rate. If one of the systems were to fail, your heart would be unable to adjust its rate in order to meet bodily demands, which could be very disasterous.
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Currently attending St. Louis College of Pharmacy
