What you will learn - Key points

Explain the organization of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Understand the concepts of endocrine, paracrine and autocrine effects
Classify hormones based on composition, mechanisms of synthesis, receptor type and intracellular signalling
Integrate the organization and control of nervous and endocrine systems and the function to maintain homeostasis in the healthy body
Understand and explain how the structure and function of these systems is altered in human diseases