The body uses the nervous and endocrine systems to regulate homeostatic changes, but the endocrine is much slower. This occurs because
A) hormones travel via neurons, which only go to a few places in the body
B) hormones travel via blood, and it takes longer for the blood to reach all the cells of the body
C) hormones travel via the lungs, so they can only reach the body during inspiration
D) hormones travel as electrical signals and they disappear quickly, so not all signals reach the organs

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Hormones travel via the bloodstream, which takes longer to reach all the cells of the body compared to the nervous system, which uses neurons to send electrical signals directly to target cells. Therefore, the endocrine system is much slower in regulating homeostatic changes.

The Body Uses the Nervous and Endocrine Systems to Regulate