ENDOCRINE SYSTEM VS NERVOUS SYSTEM

• ENDOCRINE SYSTEM:

  Response: SLOW, but LONG-LASTING effect

  Nature of message: HORMONE (chemical)

  Action: Uses HORMONES carried in the BLOOD

  Other: Act more GENERALLY in the BODY
• NERVOUS SYSTEM:

  Response: FAST, but have SHORT-TERM effects

  Nature of message: ELECTRICAL NERVE impulses

  Action: ELECTRICAL impulses (travel down NEURONES)

  Other: PRECISE