STRESS and the IMMUNE SYSTEM - psychology

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What happens when we are stressed?
we feel stressed when there is a distance between demands made and our perceived ability to meet them
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What goes on in our bodies during stress?
Heart Rate increases, Galvanic Skin Response increases, saliva decreases, pupils of eye dilate
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What is the acute stressor called?
Sympatho-medullary pathway
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What is the chronic stressor called?
pituitary-adrenal pathway
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First Stage of sympatho-medullary
Hypothalamus
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Second Stage of Sympatho
SNS (ANS to PNS and SNS)
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Third Stage of Sympatho
Adrenal Medulla
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Fourth stage of Sympatho
Noradrenaline
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Fifth stage of Sympatho
Adrenaline
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Last stage of sympatho
Attack, fight or flight or tend and befriend
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1 - pituitary adrenal
Hypothalamus
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2 - pituitary adrenal
CRF
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3 - pituitary adrenal
Pituitary Gland
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4 - pituitary adrenal
ACTH
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5 - pituitary adrenal
Adrenal Cortex
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6 - pituitary adrenal
Cortisol
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7 - pituitary adrenal
Glucose
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8 - pituitary adrenal
continue fight or flight
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What is the hypothalamus?
a part of the brain
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What is cortisol, CRF, ACTH?
a chemical
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What goes on in our bodies during stress?

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First Stage of sympatho-medullary

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