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Activity Nervous System

Read and analyse the following news, then answer the questions. (5 marks)

Neurologist Dr Rustico Jimenez warns Manny Pacquiao, Philipino boxer that


his hand's shaking might be a sign of Parkinson's disease, which is a degenerative
disorder in the part of the brain that produces chemicals to control body movement
called Dopamine. If the brain produces less chemicals, it will cause muscle failure,

hand's shaking.

1.1 What does the neurologist warn Manny Pacquiao about? (1 mark)
The neurologist war ned
Manny Pacquiao that Philipino boxer that his hand's

shaking might be a sign of Parkinson's disease

1.2 If Manny Pacquiao has Parkinson's disease, what will be the cause? (2 marks)

If Manny Paquiao has Parkinson's disease the canse which Degenerative

disorder in the part of the brain that Produces chemicals 10 Control body movement
colled Dopamine.
1.3 What is the effect of Parkinson's disease to everyday life? (2 marks)

It will cause muscle failure, hand's shaking-


Use the following elements of the nervous system, and fill in the blank that
(10 mark: mark each)
relates to its function.

Feeling sad when your dog die


Making the eyeballs roll
Hypothalamus
Midbrain

of Nervous System
10 Controlling centre
Element Controlling the
Cerebrum
of the body Brain CO-operation c
ion of

Brain Thalamus Hypothalamus muscles

Pons Cerebellum

Medulla Oblongata Midbrain


Sending nerve Making us know
Spinal Cord Automatic
impulses between the taste of suga
Nervous System
brain and Cerebellun

various parts of Controlling 6 Making our

the body. movement face smile

Spinal cord of food in and laugh Heart beats faster

8 Centre of sensing intestine when being when getting


Medula happy excited
pain

Thalamus Pons Automatic


Present the way to maintain the nervous system and behaviours that affect the system.

Then, explain the effect towards everyday life in mind mapping. (10 marks)

The behaviours that affect The way to maintain


the nervous system the nervous system

1. Pressure 1. Excevcise regularg


Nervo injuries 2. Do not smoke of drank
alcohol.
3. Diseases 3. more skep

Nervous

System

Effect towards everyday life Effect towards everyday life

1. Muscles Might do 1. Good senses of thing

lor like taste,smell, feeling.ect.


2. Can stoe the signals transmitted 2. Regulate blood wel

to OY from the

Endocrine System
2.1 The importance of the endocrine system that affects health, growth
and teenager's development
The endocrine system is important for controlling organs in the human body to

work smoothly and make the body balanced by producing and releasing chemicals called

hormones. Hormones produced from endocrine glands are transported throughout

the body by the blood stream.

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