This document discusses the nervous and endocrine systems, which are responsible for communication within the body. The nervous system uses electrically connected nerve cells to control thoughts, senses, movement and functions like breathing, often through voluntary responses. The endocrine system uses physically disconnected glands and hormones to help regulate growth, development and environmental responses, which are always involuntary. A stimulus can elicit chemical, cellular or behavioral changes in living systems. The document provides an example of a fly approaching a banana as a stimulus, and a hand swatting it away as a voluntary nervous system response.