How do the nervous and endocrine systems differ in terms of rate and how they communicate with the cells of?

Question

the body?

Answer 1

Nervous is much faster than endocrine for sending a direct message to select parts of the body. The nervous system relays messages down the nerves in fractions of a second to distinct targets.

Because the endocrine system has to release a hormone that is transferred though the blood stream it can take a few seconds or minutes before the message is received. The message sent to every cell but only receptor cells which are specialized to receive the message being sent will react to the message.

The endocrine system has the advantage to send a message to multiple cells all over the body with less energy expense to your body. The nervous system could send a message to every system at once but it would be very costly compared to releasing a hormone and letting it be transferred by the blood stream.

Answer 2

Endocrine System Terms

Answer 3

The nervous system communicates much more quickly with its target organ(s). But the endocrine system has the advantage of being able to send information to mutiple organs at the same time. Evolution has determined which types of communication are necessary and chosen the best routes to send the necessary information.

Answer 4

The nervous system is much faster than the endocrine system. Nervous system communication is dependent on synapses between each neuron. Endocrine system communication is more dependent on hormones that are secreted by specific organs and travel via the circulatory system.