The document provides information about the human nervous system and its regulation of homeostasis. It discusses the similarities and differences between the nervous system and endocrine system. The nervous system uses electrical signals transmitted along neurons, while the endocrine system uses chemical messengers. Both play major roles in homeostasis.
The nervous system has three types of neurons - sensory neurons which receive stimuli near sensory organs, interneurons which transmit signals between sensory and motor neurons, and motor neurons which activate effectors like muscles. Nerves are bundles of neurons that can be motor, sensory, or mixed. Individual neurons have dendrites, an axon, and a cell body. Signals move in one direction via depolarization along the axon.
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