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Feb 18, 2018
Nervous Control is control of different functions via electrical impulses going along nerve strands while hormonal control is control of various function via chemicals and hormones.
Explanation:
Nervous Control
- Faster mechanism of control
- Involves sending the signal in the form of electrical impulses via different portions of the brain & spinal chord
- Carrier of the signals are nerves
- Cannot manipulate at cellular level only at organ level
- Flight or Fight Response is a form of nervous control (also called sympathetic nervous system)
Hormonal Control
- Slower mechanism of control
- Involves sending the signal in the form of chemicals by different organs
- Carrier of the hormones are blood & lymph systems.
- Can manipulate at cellular level as well as organ level.
- Insulin or Thyroid hormone is a form of hormonal control (Insulin is regulated via Pancreas to control blood sugar & Thyroid is regulated via Thyroid gland to control blood iodine)
