Endocrine and ANS working together: Fight or Flight

Definitions:

• Fight or Flight Response: The way an animal responds when stressed. The body becomes physiologically aroused in readiness to fight an aggressor or, in some cases flee.
• Adrenaline: A hormone produced by the adrenal glands which is part of the human body's immediate stress response system. Adrenaline has a strong effect on the cells of the cardiovascular system- stimulating the heart rate, contracting blood vessels and dilating air passages.

When a stressor is in seen, the brain called the hypothalamus triggers activity in the…