Fight Or Flight Response

Question 1

Fight or flight response

Answer 1

• a sequence of activity within the body that is triggered when the body prepares itself for defending by attacking or running to safety
• involves changes in the nervous system and secretion of hormones

Question 2

The sympathomedullary pathway

Answer 2

• describes the sequence of bodily activity in response to stress also known as the fight or flight response

Question 3

Stage 1,2,3 fight or flight

Answer 3

• when an individual is faced with a threat the amygdala sends a stress response to the hypothalamus
• the sympathetic nerves connect the brain to the adrenal glands
• these cause the heart to beat faster, muscles to tense and liver to convert glycogen into glucose which is released into the bloodstream to provide energy for fight or flight

Question 4

Flight or flight stages 4 + 5

Answer 4

• the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system is activated by an area of the brain called the hypothalamus
• sympathetic arousal causes the adrenal glands to release adrenaline and noradrenaline into the bloodstream

Question 5

Flight or fight stages 6 + 7

Answer 5

• energy is now being conserved, sometime call the rest and digest response
• once a stressor is no longer considered a threat, the parasympathetic nervous system is activated and the physiological arousal associated with the fight or flight response decreases

Question 6

Negative consequence of fight or flight

Answer 6

• problem is when stress response is repeatedly activated
• releases cortisol and although it may assist the body in fighting a viral infection, too much suppresses the immune response, shutting down the very process that fights infection

Question 7

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