Stress as a bodily response

This quiz is all about the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system, the sympathomedullary pathway and the pituitary-adrenal system.

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  • Created by: Abbie
  • Created on: 10-05-12 21:48
What is the name of the system which coordinates our organs when we need to prepare for action?
Sympathetic nervous System
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What is the name of the stress hormone?
Cortisol
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What is the name of the system for a long term stressor?
Pituitary Adrenal System
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What releases ACTH into the bloodstream in the pituitary-adrenal system?
Pituitary gland
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Card 2

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What is the name of the stress hormone?

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Cortisol

Card 3

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What is the name of the system for a long term stressor?

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Card 4

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What releases ACTH into the bloodstream in the pituitary-adrenal system?

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Molly Howarth-Maddison

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Needs a few more questions ;) 

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