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- 2. Certain proteins or tissues that help in transmitting impulses to sensory neurons.
- 4. It is a disorder caused by the hypersecretion of growth hormone.
- 5. Movement of plants in response to water.
- 8. The pathway through which the nerve impulses travel during reflex action.
- 10. A plant hormone that inhibits growth and causes wilting of leaves.
- 13. A plant hormone that helps in the growth of the plant in the presence of auxins.
- 16. A gland that releases the hormone which regulates the glucose level in the blood.
- 17. A bony covering of the brain for its protection.
- 21. The system composed of tissues that conduct messages in the body.
- 23. This disease is caused by deficiency of iodine.
- 24. Master gland which controls all other endocrine glands.
- 25. A change in the environment to which the body responds.
- 28. A gland which helps in the development of female secondary sexual characteristics.
- 29. The point of contact between the nerve ending of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron where the impulse is conducted in chemical form.
- 31. The type of action which are not under the will of an individual and are automatic response.
- 32. The turning of all or part of a plant in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.
- 34. The type of action which are performed knowingly.
- 38. It is a disorder caused by the hyposecretion of growth hormone.
- 39. Regulates secretions of the pituitary.
- 40. These are the chemical messengers released directly into the blood.
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- 1. Movement of plants in response to sunlight.
- 3. Movement of plants in response to chemicals.
- 6. It is a cylindrical bundle of nerve tissues that connects the brain to other parts of the body.
- 7. The structural and functional unit of the nervous system.
- 9. A quick, sudden and immediate response of the body to a stimulus.
- 11. A part of the neuron that contains the nucleus and mitochondria.
- 12. A gland which helps in the development of male secondary sexual characteristics.
- 14. Branched fibre-like structures extending from the cell body of a neuron.
- 15. A plant hormone present at the tips of the root and shoot.
- 18. The gland that releases the hormones that help in fight or flight situations.
- 19. A part of neuron that axon ends into.
- 20. An insulator covered around the axon.
- 22. Movement of plants in response to touch.
- 26. A plant hormone that promotes cell division.
- 27. A system in which the organs do not have ducts and release their secretions directly into the blood.
- 30. A part of the neuron extending from the cell body transmitting the impulse away from the cell body.
- 33. The message which is to be transmitted in the form of electricity.
- 35. Movement of plants in response to gravity.
- 36. Gland that produces hormone which if deficient can lead to hypothyroidism.
- 37. Deficiency of insulin causes this disease.