What is known as a mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances?
stress
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What is a stressor?
any stimulus ir situation imposing demands on an individual.
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What is the fight or flight reaction?
a physiological reaction in response to stress, where the amount of adrenaline in our bodies is increased and causes us to fight the threat or flee.
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What process is the bodies response to chronic stress?
Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal System
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What does HPAC stand for?
Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Cortex System
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What is chronic stress?
long term stress
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name the stages of HPAC
hypothalamus is activated by stressor, this controls the pituitary gland which releases ACTH which enters the blood stream and passes through the adrenal cortex which produces cortisol.
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What hormone is released by the adrenal cortex in the HPAC system
corticosteroids / cortisol
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What does effect does cortisol have on the body?
quick bursts of energy, high blood pressure, lowered immune response
hypothalamus is activated, signals brainstem to go to Automnic nervous system, signals travel via nerves to adrenal medulla and releases adrenaline and noradrenaline.
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What are the 2 branches of the Autonomic Nervous System?
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic branches
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What is SNS?
Autonomic Nervous System
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What is SAM?
Sympathetic adrenal medulla (system)
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What effect does adrenaline have on the body?
increase in oxygen and glucose supply, suppression of non-emergency bodily processes such as digestion.
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What is HANSAM also referred to as?
sympathomedullary pathway
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What is a stressor?
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any stimulus ir situation imposing demands on an individual.
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What is the fight or flight reaction?
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What process is the bodies response to chronic stress?
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