While walking in the snow, Jim falls and lands awkwardly on his head. Jim goes to...

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While walking in the snow, Jim falls and lands awkwardly on hishead. Jim goes to hospital, but Jim’s doctor cannot explain why Jimfell. You are asked to investigate everything that Jim was doingbefore the accident, to try to find a cause for the fall.

After all his tests, doctors are now thinking that Jim’sendocrine system may be involved.  

  1. Describe the overall function(s) of the i) nervous and ii)endocrine systems.
  2. List the different types of cells you expect to find in the i)nervous and ii) endocrine systems.
  3. Do the cells in the i) nervous and ii) endocrine systemsgenerate action potentials? Briefly differentiate between the twosystems and justify your response in the context of the overallfunction of each system.  
  4. Is it possible that Jim may have taken a drug or unusual ionsin an electrolyte solution that affects the electrical activity inthe cells of the i) nervous and ii) endocrine systems? Clearlydescribe (with an example) how this could occur.

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a Both endocrine system and nervous system work together and impact many aspects like growth reproduction and metabolism I Nervous system is the integrating system for all other organ system It includes three major functions such as sensory unit It senses the external stimuli via recptors adn sensory neurons Integration centre Typically CNS include brain and spinal cord process the information carried by the sensory neurons and rely    See Answer
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