Body's response to stress aqa unit 2
- Created by: Sophie Webb
- Created on: 31-05-13 10:30
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- Body's Response to Stress
- Automnic nervous system
- Sympathetic Branch (fight or flight)
- SAM (short term)
- activates sympathetic branch of ANS
- stimulates adrenal medulla
- releases adrenaline and noradrenaline (increase heart rate, blood pressure & blood sugar)
- stimulates adrenal medulla
- activates sympathetic branch of ANS
- SAM (short term)
- Parasympathetic Branch (relax)
- HPAC (long term)
- activates Pituitary gland
- Secretes ACTH
- Stimulates Adrenal cortex
- Releases glucocorticoids (convert fat into energy, surpress immune system)
- Stimulates Adrenal cortex
- Secretes ACTH
- activates Pituitary gland
- HPAC (long term)
- Sympathetic Branch (fight or flight)
- Automnic nervous system
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